ocelote

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /o.seˈlɔ.t͡ʃi/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /o.seˈlɔ.t͡ʃi/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /o.seˈlɔ.te/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɔ.sɨˈlɔ.tɨ/

• Hyphenation: o‧ce‧lo‧te

Noun

ocelote m (plural ocelotes)

1. ocelot (Felis pardalis, a feline of the Americas)

   Synonyms: gato-do-mato, (Brazil) jaguatirica

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl ōcēlōtl (“jaguar”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /oθeˈlote/ [o.θeˈlo.t̪e]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /oseˈlote/ [o.seˈlo.t̪e]
• Rhymes: -ote
• Syllabification: o‧ce‧lo‧te

Noun

ocelote m (plural ocelotes)

1. ocelot

Further reading

• “ocelote”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28