suricate

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French suricate.

Noun

suricate (plural suricates)

The meerkat, a member of the mongoose family.

Anagrams

actus rei

French

Un suricate.

Etymology

From earlier surikate, from a South African language.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /sy.ʁi.kat/
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Noun

suricate m (plural suricates)

meerkat (mammal)

Further reading

“suricate”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
suricate on the French Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^fr

Anagrams

autrices, creusait, cuirâtes, curetais, curetais, curetais, curiates, éructais, raucités, récusait, resuçait, sucerait

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Etymology

From French suricate.[1]

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /su.ɾiˈka.t͡ʃi/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /su.ɾiˈka.te/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /su.ɾiˈka.tɨ/

Hyphenation: su‧ri‧ca‧te

Noun

suricate m or f by sense (plural suricates)

meerkat (small carnivorous mammal)

Coordinate terms

mangusto, sacarrabo

References

“suricata” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.

Further reading

suricate on the Portuguese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^pt

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