panther

See also: Panther

English

Wikispecies

Etymology

From Middle English panter, panther, pantere, from Old French pantere, from Latin panthera, from Ancient Greek πάνθηρ (pánthēr, “panther”), perhaps related to Sanskrit पुण्डरीक (puṇḍárīka, “tiger”).

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈpænθɚ/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈpænθə/

Noun

panther (plural panthers)

A panther.

1. Any of various big cats with black fur; most especially, the black-coated leopard of India.
2. Any big cat of the genus Panthera.
3. A cougar; especially the Florida panther.
4. (mythology, heraldry) a creature out of ancient myth that resembles a big cat with a multicolored hide, present in Ancient Greek mythology

Derived terms

• black panther
• pantheress

Translations

big cat with black fur

• Arabic: نَمِر أَسْوَد‎ m (namir ʾaswad), فَهْد‎ (ar) m (fahd)
• Belarusian: пантэ́ра f (pantéra)
• Bulgarian: панте́ра (bg) f (pantéra)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 黑豹 (hēibào), 豹子 (zh) (bàozi), 豹 (zh) (bào)

• Czech: panter m
• Danish: panter c
• Dutch: panter (nl)
• Esperanto: nigra pantero
• Finnish: musta pantteri
• French: panthère noire (fr) f
• Georgian: პანთერა (ṗantera)
• German: Panther (de) m, Panter (de) m
• Greek: πάνθηρας (el) m (pánthiras)
• Hebrew: פַּנְתֵּר שָׁחֹר‎ m (pantér šaḥór)
• Hungarian: fekete párduc
• Icelandic: pardusdýr (is) n
• Italian: pantera nera f
• Japanese: 豹 (ja) (ひょう, hyō), パンサー (pansā)
• Korean: 흑표범 (heukpyobeom)
• Latvian: melnā pantera
• Malay: harimau kumbang, harimau peturun

• Malayalam: കരിമ്പുലി (karimpuli)
• Maori: panata
• Middle Persian: 𐭯𐭫𐭭𐭪𐭩‎ (palang)
• Norman: nièr léopard m
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: panter (no) m

  Nynorsk: panter m

• Occitan: pantèra (oc) f
• Persian: پلنگ‎ (fa) (palang)
• Polish: pantera (pl) f
• Portuguese: pantera-negra f
• Romanian: panteră neagră (ro)
• Russian: панте́ра (ru) f (pantɛ́ra)
• Scottish Gaelic: paindeal
• Spanish: pantera negra (es) f
• Swedish: panter c
• Tagalog: pantera
• Thai: เสือดำ (sʉ̌ʉa-dam)
• Turkish: panter (tr)
• Ukrainian: панте́ра f (pantéra)
• Vietnamese: báo đen
• Wolof: segg mu ñuul

big cat of genus Panthera

• Arabic: نَمِر‎ (ar) m (namir), نِمْر‎ (ar) m (nimr), نَمِر أَسْوَد‎ m (namir ʾaswad), فَهْد‎ (ar) m (fahd)
• Armenian: հովազ (hy) (hovaz)
• Cherokee: ᏢᏓᏥ (tlvdatsi)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 黑豹 (hēi bào), 豹子 (zh) (bàozi), 豹 (zh) (bào)

• Coptic: ϫⲓⲕⲣⲏⲥ (jikrēs)
• Danish: panter
• Dutch: panter (nl) m
• Egyptian: (ꜣby m)
• Esperanto: pantero
• Finnish: suurkissa
• French: panthère (fr) f
• German: Panther (de) m
• Greek: πάνθηρας (el) m (pánthiras)

  Ancient: πάνθηρ m (pánthēr)

• Hungarian: párduc (hu)
• Italian: pantera (it)
• Japanese: 豹 (ja) (ひょう, hyō), ヒョウ (ja) (hyō), パンサー (pansā)

• Kazakh: бабыр (babır)
• Latvian: pantera f
• Malay: harimau (ms)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: panter (no) m

  Nynorsk: panter m

• Persian: پلنگ‎ (fa) (palang)
• Portuguese: pantera (pt) f
• Romanian: panteră (ro) f
• Russian: панте́ра (ru) f (pantɛ́ra)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Roman: pantera (sh) f

• Swedish: panter
• Tagalog: pantera
• Thai: เสือดำ (sʉ̌ʉa-dam)
• Turkish: panter (tr), pars (tr)

References

• “panther” in Collins English Dictionary, 12th edition, Glasgow: Collins, 2014, →ISBN; reproduced on TheFreeDictionary.com, Huntingdon Valley, Pa.: Farlex, Inc., 2003–2020.

Anagrams

• Penarth, parthen-

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Pronunciation

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• Hyphenation: pan‧ther

Noun

panther m (plural panthers, diminutive panthertje n)

1. Obsolete form of panter.

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Middle English

Noun

panther

1. Alternative form of panter (“panther”)