"meerkat" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [Afrikaans]

Audio: LL-Q14196 (afr)-Oesjaar-meerkat.wav Forms: meerkatte [plural], meerkaaie [plural]
Etymology: From Dutch meerkat (“guenon”), from Middle Dutch meercatte. Etymology templates: {{inh|af|nl|meerkat||guenon}} Dutch meerkat (“guenon”), {{der|af|dum|meercatte}} Middle Dutch meercatte Head templates: {{head|af|noun|||plural|meerkatte|or|meerkaaie|||||||||||f2accel-form=p|f2request=1|f5accel-form=diminutive|head=}} meerkat (plural meerkatte or meerkaaie), {{af-noun|meerkatte|pl2=meerkaaie}} meerkat (plural meerkatte or meerkaaie)
  1. meerkat Categories (lifeform): Herpestids
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Noun [Dutch]

IPA: /ˈmeːrˌkɑt/, [ˈmɪːrˌkɑt] Audio: Nl-meerkat.ogg Forms: meerkatten [plural], meerkatje [diminutive, neuter]
Etymology: From Middle Dutch meercatte (“monkey, ape”), from Old Dutch *merikatta. Equivalent to meer + kat. Cognate with Old High German merikazza (German Meerkatze). Etymology templates: {{inh|nl|dum|meercatte||monkey, ape}} Middle Dutch meercatte (“monkey, ape”), {{inh|nl|odt|*merikatta}} Old Dutch *merikatta, {{com|nl|meer|kat}} meer + kat, {{cog|goh|merikazza}} Old High German merikazza, {{cog|de|Meerkatze}} German Meerkatze Head templates: {{nl-noun|f|-en|+}} meerkat f (plural meerkatten, diminutive meerkatje n)
  1. a guenon, vervet, talapoin or patas; one of a number of monkeys of the genus Cercopithecus, or of the tribe Cercopithecini Wikipedia link: nl:meerkatten Tags: feminine Categories (lifeform): Primates
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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈmɪəkat/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈmɪəɹkæt/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-I learned some phrases-meerkat.wav Forms: meerkats [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ)kæt Etymology: From Afrikaans meerkat, transferred use of Dutch meerkat (“guenon [monkey]”), from Middle Dutch meercatte (literally “sea cat”), compare English mercat. Sometimes suggested to be influenced by or derived from an Indian source; compare Hindi मर्कट (markaṭ, “ape, monkey”) and Sanskrit मर्कट (markaṭa). Note however Old High German merikazza, so any influence from Indo-Aryan would have to be exceptionally early. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|af|meerkat}} Afrikaans meerkat, {{der|en|nl|meerkat||guenon 􂀿monkey􂁀}} Dutch meerkat (“guenon [monkey]”), {{der|en|dum|meercatte|lit=sea cat}} Middle Dutch meercatte (literally “sea cat”), {{cog|en|mercat}} English mercat, {{ncog|hi|मर्कट|gloss=ape, monkey}} Hindi मर्कट (markaṭ, “ape, monkey”), {{ncog|sa|मर्कट}} Sanskrit मर्कट (markaṭa), {{cog|goh|merikazza}} Old High German merikazza Head templates: {{en-noun}} meerkat (plural meerkats)
  1. Suricata suricatta, a small carnivorous mammal of the mongoose family, from the Kalahari Desert, known for its habit of standing on its hind legs. Categories (lifeform): Herpestids Synonyms: suricate, meercat, mierkat Translations (small carnivorous mammal): meerkat (Afrikaans), merkati (Albanian), سُرِقَاط (suriqāṭ) [masculine] (Arabic), مِيرْكَات (mirkāt) [masculine] (Arabic), սուրիկատ (surikat) (Armenian), сурыка́т (surykát) [masculine] (Belarusian), মিরক্যাট (mirkêṭ) (Bengali), сурикат (surikat) [masculine] (Bulgarian), suricata [masculine] (Catalan), 狐獴 (húměng) (Chinese Mandarin), 細尾獴 (Chinese Mandarin), 细尾獴 (xìwěiměng) (Chinese Mandarin), surikata [feminine] (Czech), surikat [common-gender] (Danish), stokstaartje [neuter] (Dutch), stokstaartje (Dutch), surikato (Esperanto), surikaat (Estonian), mýrikøttur (Faroese), surikaatti (Finnish), nelisormimangusti (Finnish), suricate [masculine] (French), suricato [masculine] (Galician), სურიკატი (suriḳaṭi) (Georgian), Erdmännchen [neuter] (German), σουρικάτα (sourikáta) (Greek), סוּרִיקָטָה (Hebrew), szurikáta (Hungarian), jarðköttur (Icelandic), míorchat (Irish), suricato [masculine] (Italian), ミーアキャット (mīakyatto) (Japanese), 미어캣 (mieokaet) (Korean), жербөбөк (jerböbök) (Kyrgyz), surikats [masculine] (Latvian), surikata [feminine] (Lithuanian), меркат (merkat) [masculine] (Macedonian), eerdmenken (North Frisian), surikat (Norwegian), دمعصایی (Persian), surykatka [feminine] (Polish), suricate [masculine] (Portuguese), suricato [masculine] (Portuguese), suricat [masculine] (Romanian), сурика́т (surikát) [masculine] (Russian), сурика́та (surikáta) [feminine] (Russian), мирка́т (mirkát) [masculine] (Russian), меркат [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), merkat [Latin, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), surikata [feminine] (Slovak), mosha (Sotho), suricata [feminine] (Spanish), suricato [masculine] (Spanish), nguchiro wa porini (Swahili), surikat [common-gender] (Swedish), பாலைவனக் கீரி (pālaivaṉak kīri) (Tamil), เมียร์แคต (miia-kɛ́t) (Thai), mirket (Turkish), сурика́т (surykát) [masculine] (Ukrainian), cầy vằn bụng đỏ (Vietnamese), swricat [masculine] (Welsh), סוריקאַטע (surikate) [feminine] (Yiddish), imhlangala (Zulu), ububhibhi (Zulu), ubuhayi (Zulu)
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          "word": "սուրիկատ"
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          "roman": "mirkêṭ",
          "sense": "small carnivorous mammal",
          "word": "মিরক্যাট"
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          "word": "狐獴"
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          "roman": "xìwěiměng",
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      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "surikát",
      "sense": "small carnivorous mammal",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "сурика́т"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "surikáta",
      "sense": "small carnivorous mammal",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "сурика́та"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "mirkát",
      "sense": "small carnivorous mammal",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "мирка́т"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "small carnivorous mammal",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "меркат"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "small carnivorous mammal",
      "tags": [
        "Latin",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "merkat"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "small carnivorous mammal",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "surikata"
    },
    {
      "code": "st",
      "lang": "Sotho",
      "sense": "small carnivorous mammal",
      "word": "mosha"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "small carnivorous mammal",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "suricata"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "small carnivorous mammal",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "suricato"
    },
    {
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "small carnivorous mammal",
      "word": "nguchiro wa porini"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "small carnivorous mammal",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "surikat"
    },
    {
      "code": "ta",
      "lang": "Tamil",
      "roman": "pālaivaṉak kīri",
      "sense": "small carnivorous mammal",
      "word": "பாலைவனக் கீரி"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "miia-kɛ́t",
      "sense": "small carnivorous mammal",
      "word": "เมียร์แคต"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "small carnivorous mammal",
      "word": "mirket"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "surykát",
      "sense": "small carnivorous mammal",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "сурика́т"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "small carnivorous mammal",
      "word": "cầy vằn bụng đỏ"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "small carnivorous mammal",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "swricat"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "surikate",
      "sense": "small carnivorous mammal",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "סוריקאַטע"
    },
    {
      "code": "zu",
      "lang": "Zulu",
      "sense": "small carnivorous mammal",
      "word": "imhlangala"
    },
    {
      "code": "zu",
      "lang": "Zulu",
      "sense": "small carnivorous mammal",
      "word": "ububhibhi"
    },
    {
      "code": "zu",
      "lang": "Zulu",
      "sense": "small carnivorous mammal",
      "word": "ubuhayi"
    }
  ],
  "word": "meerkat"
}

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