suricate in 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], surikate [alternative, obsolete] [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Etymology: Coined by French natural historian Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon in 1765 as surikate, probably from a blend of Surinam (“Suriname”) + Dutch kat (“cat”) (influenced by Afrikaans meerkat) due to the author’s misconception that this animal originated from Suriname. Other sources point to a loan from a southern African language, but this is comparably unlikely. Etymology templates: {{ety|fr|:blend|Surinam<t:Suriname>|nl:kat<t:cat>|:influence|af:meerkat|tree=+}} [Appendix:Glossary#blend|Blend]] of", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "blend" }, { "keyword_abbrev" : "influ.", "keyword_label" : "Influenced by", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Afrikaans", "term" : "meerkat", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "af" } ], "keyword" : "influence" } ], "lang_name" : "French", "term" : "suricate", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "fr" }" data-lang="fr" data-title="suricate">, {{coined|fr|Q229264|nobycat=1}} Coined by French natural historian Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon, {{blend|fr|Surinam<t:Suriname>|nl:kat<t:cat>|nocap=1}} blend of Surinam (“Suriname”) + Dutch kat (“cat”), {{cog|af|meerkat}} Afrikaans meerkat, {{lang|fr|suricate}} suricate, {{lang|fr|Dictionnaire de l’Académie française}} Dictionnaire de l’Académie française Head templates: {{fr-noun|m}} suricate m (plural suricates)

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"suricate" meaning in French

Noun

Inflected forms