cerval

== Portuguese == === Etymology === Inherited from Latin cervārius (“pertaining to a stag”), from cervus (“deer, stag”). Doublet of serval. === Pronunciation === Homophone: serval Rhymes: (Portugal) -al, (Brazil) -aw Hyphenation: cer‧val === Adjective === cerval m or f (plural cervais) cervine (figurative) ferocious ==== Derived terms ==== gato-cerval lobo-cerval ==== Descendants ==== French: serval→ English: serval→ German: Serval→ Portuguese: servalTranslingual: Felis serval === Further reading === “cerval”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “cerval”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Spanish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /θeɾˈbal/ [θeɾˈβ̞al] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain) IPA(key): /seɾˈbal/ [seɾˈβ̞al] (Latin America, Philippines) Rhymes: -al Syllabification: cer‧val === Adjective === cerval m or f (masculine and feminine plural cervales) deerlike; deer; cervine tremendous (fear) ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “cerval”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025