gepardo

Esperanto

Etymology

From Polish gepard and Russian гепард (gepard), both from French guépard, from Italian ghepardo (“cheetah”), an alteration of gattopardo (“serval, Leptailurus serval”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡeˈpardo/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ardo
  • Hyphenation: ge‧par‧do

Noun

gepardo (accusative singular gepardon, plural gepardoj, accusative plural gepardojn)

  1. cheetah
    Hypernym: felisedo (“felid”)
    Hyponyms: gepardido (“young cheetah”), gepardidino (“young female cheetah”), gepardino (“female cheetah”), virgepardo (“male cheetah”)
    Holonym: gepardaro (“pack of cheetahs”)
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