"puma" meaning in English

See puma in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /puːmə/, /pjuːmə/ Audio: en-au-puma.ogg [Australia] Forms: pumas [plural]
Rhymes: -uːmə Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Quechuan *puma Quechua pumabor. Spanish pumabor. English puma Borrowed from Spanish puma, borrowed from Quechua puma, from Proto-Quechuan *puma. Etymology templates: {{etymon|en|:bor|es:puma|text=++|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Quechuan *puma Quechua pumabor. Spanish pumabor. English puma [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "bor.", "keyword_label" : "Borrowed from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Quechuan", "term" : "*puma", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "qwe-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Quechua", "term" : "puma", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "qu" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "Spanish", "term" : "puma", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "es" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "puma", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="puma"> Borrowed from Spanish puma, borrowed from Quechua puma, from Proto-Quechuan *puma. Head templates: {{en-noun}} puma (plural pumas)
  1. (chiefly UK, Australia, New Zealand) A mountain lion or cougar (Puma concolor). Tags: Australia, New-Zealand, UK
    Sense id: en-puma-en-noun-W-nFNk41 Categories (other): Australian English, British English, New Zealand English, English entries with etymology texts, English entries with etymology trees, English entries with etymon, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with 25 entries, Pages with entries, Pages with etymology trees, Pages with etymon, Felids Disambiguation of English entries with etymology texts: 58 20 21 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology trees: 58 20 21 Disambiguation of English entries with etymon: 60 20 20 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 63 17 20 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 42 19 13 24 2 Disambiguation of Pages with 25 entries: 1 1 18 8 6 1 24 10 1 3 3 24 1 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 1 0 19 9 6 0 25 11 0 2 1 25 0 Disambiguation of Pages with etymology trees: 40 19 14 27 Disambiguation of Pages with etymon: 32 14 10 27 5 6 6 Disambiguation of Felids: 76 12 12
  2. (by extension) Any feline belonging to the genus Puma. Tags: broadly
    Sense id: en-puma-en-noun-27tc43v4 Categories (other): Pages with etymon Disambiguation of Pages with etymon: 32 14 10 27 5 6 6
  3. (slang) A woman in her 20s or 30s who seeks relationships with younger men; a younger cougar. Tags: slang
    Sense id: en-puma-en-noun-KGKv4RBc
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: pumalike, pumapard, werepuma

Inflected forms

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