panther

See also: Panther

English

From Middle English panter, panther, pantere, from Old French pantere, from Latin panthera, from Ancient Greek πάνθηρ (pánthēr, “panther”), perhaps related to Sanskrit पुण्डरीक (puṇḍárīka, “tiger”).

panther (plural panthers)

A panther.

Any of various big cats with black fur; most especially, the black-coated leopard of India.
Any big cat of the genus Panthera.
A cougar; especially the Florida panther.

big cat with black fur

big cat of genus Panthera

Arabic: نَمِر‎ (ar) m (namir), نِمْر‎ (ar) m (nimr), نَمِر أَسْوَد‎ m (namir ʾaswad), فَهْد‎ (ar) m (fahd)
Armenian: հովազ (hy) (hovaz)
Cherokee: ᏢᏓᏥ (tlvdatsi)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 黑豹 (hēi bào), 豹子 (zh) (bàozi), 豹 (zh) (bào)
Coptic: ϫⲓⲕⲣⲏⲥ (jikrēs)
Danish: panter
Dutch: panter (nl) m
Egyptian:

(ꜣby m)
Esperanto: pantero
Finnish: suurkissa
French: panthère (fr) f
German: Panther (de) m
Greek: πάνθηρας (el) m (pánthiras)
Ancient: πάνθηρ m (pánthēr)
Hungarian: párduc (hu)
Italian: pantera (it)
Japanese: 豹 (ja) (ひょう, hyō), ヒョウ (ja) (hyō), パンサー (pansā)

“panther” in Collins English Dictionary, 12th edition, Glasgow: Collins, 2014, ISBN 978-0-00-752274-3; reproduced on TheFreeDictionary.com, Huntingdon Valley, Pa.: Farlex, Inc., 2003–2019.

panther m (plural panthers, diminutive panthertje n)

panther

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