"suricate" meaning in All languages combined

See suricate on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: suricates [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from French suricate. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|suricate}} French suricate Head templates: {{en-noun}} suricate (plural suricates)
  1. The meerkat, a member of the mongoose family.
    Sense id: en-suricate-en-noun-BL3B6Z8R Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Herpestids

Noun [French]

IPA: /sy.ʁi.kat/ Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-Lyokoï-suricate.wav [France, Lyon], LL-Q150 (fra)-Jérémy-Günther-Heinz Jähnick-suricate.wav [France] (note: Somain) Forms: suricates [plural]
Etymology: From earlier surikate, from a South African language. Head templates: {{fr-noun|m}} suricate m (plural suricates)
  1. meerkat (mammal) Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-suricate-fr-noun-SuL9N27H Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Herpestids

Noun [Portuguese]

IPA: /su.ɾiˈka.t͡ʃi/ [Brazil], /su.ɾiˈka.te/ [Southern-Brazil], /su.ɾiˈka.tɨ/ [Portugal] Forms: suricates [plural], suricata [alternative], suricato [alternative]
Etymology: Borrowed from French suricate. Etymology templates: {{ety|pt|:bor|fr:suricate<ref:<span class="cited-source">“suricata”, in <cite>Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa</cite> (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–<span class="None" lang="und">2026</span></span>>|text=+|tree=1}} [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "French", "term" : "suricate", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "fr" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "Portuguese", "term" : "suricate", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "pt" }" data-lang="pt" data-title="suricate"> Borrowed from French suricate. Head templates: {{pt-noun|mfbysense}} suricate m or f by sense (plural suricates)
  1. meerkat (small carnivorous mammal) Tags: by-personal-gender, feminine, masculine Coordinate_terms: mangusto, sacarrabo

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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