Sunday, April 23, 2006

feline

Quick Definition: of a member of the cat family; N.
feline ('līn') pronunciation
adj.
  1. Of or belonging to the family Felidae, which includes the lions, tigers, jaguars, and wild and domestic cats; felid.
  2. Suggestive of a cat, as in suppleness or stealthiness.
n.

An animal of the family Felidae.

[Latin fēlīnus or Late Latin fēlīneus, both from Latin fēlēs, cat.]

fe'line'ly adv.
fe'line'ness or felin'ity (fĭ-lĭn'ĭ-tē) n.





feline

adjective

    So slow, deliberate, and secret as to escape observation: catlike, furtive, slinky, sneaking, sneaky, stealthy. See move/halt.





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The noun feline has one meaning:

Meaning #1: any of various lithe-bodied round-headed fissiped mammals many with retractile claws
Synonym: felid


The adjective feline has one meaning:

Meaning #1: of or relating to cats
Pertains to noun: cat (meaning #1)






Translations for: Feline

Nederlands (Dutch)
katachtige, katten-, sluw/slinks

Franais (French)
flin

Deutsch (German)
n. - Katze
adj. - katzenartig, Katzen-

ή (Greek)
n. έ adj. ή, ί

Italiano (Italian)
felino

Portugus (Portuguese)
n. - felino (m) (Zool.)
adj. - felino

Русский (Russian)
животное из семейства кошачьих, кошка, кошачий

Espaol (Spanish)
adj. - felino
n. - felino

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - kattdjur
adj. - kattlik

中国话 (Simplified Chinese)
adj. - 猫的, 猫一样的, 猫科的
n. - 猫科的动物

中國話 (Traditional Chinese)
adj. - 貓的, 貓一樣的, 貓科的
n. - 貓科的動物

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - ネコ科の, 猫のような, 陰険な, ネコのような
n. - ネコ科の動物, 猫

العربيه (Arabic)
(الاسم) شخص غادر أو ماكر (صفه) من فصيله القطط , غادر , ماكر

עברית (Hebrew)‬
adj. - ‮חתולי, כמו חתול‬
n. - ‮חיה ממשפחת החתולים‬