"big cat" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈbɪɡ ˈkæt/ [US] Forms: big cats [plural]
Rhymes: -æt Head templates: {{en-noun}} big cat (plural big cats)
  1. Any large felid of the Pantherinae subfamily, including tigers, lions, jaguars, leopards, and clouded leopards. Synonyms: great cat, megafelid Coordinate_terms: small cat Translations (any large feline animal): 大貓 /大猫 (dàmāo) (Chinese Mandarin), koi (Choctaw), katachtige [masculine] (Dutch), kissapeto (Finnish), fauve [masculine] (French), félin [masculine] (French), Großkatze [feminine] (German), nagymacska (Hungarian), stórköttur [masculine] (Icelandic), ịjọ (Igede), micione [masculine] (Italian), പുലി (puli) (Malayalam), duży kot [masculine] (Polish), grande felino [masculine] (Portuguese), storkatt [common-gender] (Swedish), ẹkun (Yoruba)
    Sense id: en-big_cat-en-noun-mejgGy3j Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Choctaw translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Icelandic translations, Terms with Igede translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Malayalam translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Yoruba translations, Panthers Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 94 6 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 84 16 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 94 6 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 95 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Choctaw translations: 86 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 82 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 83 17 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 84 16 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 83 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 85 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Icelandic translations: 86 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Igede translations: 88 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 88 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Malayalam translations: 88 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 88 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 82 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 86 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 87 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Yoruba translations: 88 12 Disambiguation of Panthers: 95 5 Disambiguation of 'any large feline animal': 98 2
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see big, cat.
    Sense id: en-big_cat-en-noun-OLblVmP5

Inflected forms

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