felid

See also: felið

English

Etymology

By surface analysis, an appellativization from Felid(ae) minus -ae (a pattern that recurs with many -idae names); by surface analysis, feline +‎ -id.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈfiːlɪd/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈfilɪd/

Noun

felid (plural felids)

2. (zoology) Any member of the cat family (Felidae).

   Synonyms: feline (Felidae sense); see also Thesaurus:feline

   Antonym: nonfelid

   Hypernyms: feloid < mammal < vertebrate < animal < organism < creature

   Hyponyms: feline (Felinae sense); see also Thesaurus:feline

Derived terms

• felidomancy
• megafelid
• nonfelid

Translations

member of Felidae

• Catalan: fèlid m
• Danish: kattedyr n
• Dutch: kat (nl) f, katachtige (nl) m or f
• Esperanto: feliso
• French: félidé (fr) m
• German: Katze (de) f
• Hungarian: macskaféle (hu)
• Icelandic: kattardýr (is) n
• Italian: felide (it) m
• Portuguese: felídeo (pt) m
• Scots: felid
• Spanish: félido (es) m
• Swedish: kattdjur (sv) n

Further reading

• “felid”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Anagrams

• Fidel, Field, field, filed, flied

Scots

Etymology

From New Latin Felidae, from felis (“cat, feline”).

Noun

felid (plural felids)

1. (zoology) felid