civeta

Catalan

Etymology

Ultimately from Arabic زَبَاد (zabād). Possibly reborrowed via French civette.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [siˈβɛ.tə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [siˈvə.tə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [siˈve.ta]

Noun

civeta f (plural civetes)

1. a civet, particularly the African civet (Civettictis civetta)

Derived terms

• civeta de palmera

Further reading

• “civeta” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “civeta” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from French civette, from Italian zibetto, from Arabic زَبَاد (zabād). Doublet of zibeta.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /siˈve.tɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /siˈve.tɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /siˈve.ta/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /siˈve.tɐ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /siˈve.tɐ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /siˈbe.tɐ/ [siˈβe.tɐ]

• Hyphenation: ci‧ve‧ta

Noun

civeta f (plural civetas)

1. civet (any of several small viverrids that produce a musky secretion)

   Synonym: gato-de-algália

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from French civette.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /θiˈbeta/ [θiˈβ̞e.t̪a]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /siˈbeta/ [siˈβ̞e.t̪a]

• Audio (Spain):

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• Rhymes: -eta
• Syllabification: ci‧ve‧ta

Noun

civeta f (plural civetas)

1. civet (cat-like animal)

Derived terms

• café de civeta
• civeta nutria

 

Further reading

• “civeta”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10