"feline" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈfiːlaɪn/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-feline.wav [Southern-England] Forms: more feline [comparative], most feline [superlative]
Rhymes: -iːlaɪn Etymology: From Latin fēlīnus, from fēlēs (“wildcat, marten”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|fēlīnus}} Latin fēlīnus, {{m|la|fēlēs||wildcat, marten}} fēlēs (“wildcat, marten”) Head templates: {{en-adj}} feline (comparative more feline, superlative most feline)
  1. Of or pertaining to cats. Translations (of or pertaining to cats): سِنَّوْرِيّ (sinnawriyy) (Arabic), каця́чы (kacjáčy) (Belarusian), кашэ́чы (kašéčy) (Belarusian), каці́ны (kacíny) (Belarusian), каша́чы (kašáčy) (Belarusian), ко́тешки (kóteški) (Bulgarian), felí (Catalan), 貓的 (Chinese Mandarin), 猫的 (māo de) (Chinese Mandarin), kočičí (Czech), katachtig (Dutch), kata (Esperanto), kissa- (Finnish), félin (French), felino (Galician), Katzen- (German), αιλουροειδής (ailouroeidís) (Greek), kekucingan (Indonesian), seperti kucing (Indonesian), catúil (Irish), felino (Italian), ネコの (neko no) (Japanese), 고양이의 (goyang'i-ui) (Korean), fēlīnus (Latin), мачји (mačji) (Macedonian), мачешки (mačeški) (Macedonian), kucing (Malay), kekucingan (Malay), felin (Malay), felin (Occitan), koci (Polish), felino (Portuguese), felin [masculine] (Romanian), коша́чий (košáčij) (Russian), ма̏чјӣ [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), mȁčjī [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), mačací (Slovak), mačji (Slovene), felino (Spanish), котя́чий (kotjáčyj) (Ukrainian), коша́чий (košáčyj) (Ukrainian), katik (Volapük), cathaidd (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-feline-en-adj-GNzT7Puj Disambiguation of 'of or pertaining to cats': 97 3
  2. catlike (resembling a cat); sleek, graceful, inscrutable, sensual, and/or cunning. Translations (catlike): felí (Catalan), katachtig (Dutch), kissamainen (Finnish), kissa- (Finnish), félin (French), katzenartig (German), katzenhaft (German), lirkucing (Indonesian), catúil (Irish), felino (Italian), gattesco (Italian), 고양이 같다 (goyang'i gatda) (Korean), kaytoil (Manx), گربهسان (gorbe-sân) (Persian), коша́чий (košáčij) (Russian), kedi gibi (Turkish), katasümik (Volapük), cathaidd (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-feline-en-adj-XGipR6cf Disambiguation of 'catlike': 2 98
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: catly Derived forms: feline hyperesthesia syndrome, feline infectious peritonitis, felinely, felineness
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /ˈfiːlaɪn/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-feline.wav [Southern-England] Forms: felines [plural]
Rhymes: -iːlaɪn Etymology: Substantive use of the adjective feline, from Latin fēlīnus. Etymology templates: {{der|en|la|fēlīnus}} Latin fēlīnus Head templates: {{en-noun}} feline (plural felines)
  1. (formal) A cat; member of the cat family Felidae. Tags: formal
    Sense id: en-feline-en-noun-8cTG-h61
  2. (formal) Any member of Felinae, one of the two extant subdivisions of Felidae. Tags: formal Categories (lifeform): Felids
    Sense id: en-feline-en-noun--KLyJv3v Disambiguation of Felids: 7 9 27 57 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 7 17 2 74 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 5 15 2 79 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 4 14 1 80
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: feline, cat, felid Hypernyms: mammal Hyponyms: cheetah, jaguar, leopard, lion, lynx, ocelot, puma, tiger, big cat
Etymology number: 2 Related terms: felid, feliform, felinely, felinity, felis, Felix, feloid, canine, cattus, Felidae, :Category:Cats

Inflected forms

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          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
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          "word": "catúil"
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          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
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          "roman": "goyang'i gatda",
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          "word": "고양이 같다"
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          "sense": "catlike",
          "word": "kedi gibi"
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