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Webster 1913 Edition

Cheetah

Chee′tah

,

Noun.

[Hind.

chītā

.]

(Zool.)

A species of leopard (

Cynælurus jubatus

) tamed and used for hunting in India. The woolly cheetah of South Africa is

Cynælurus laneus

. It runs very fast in short spurts while hunting.

[Written also

chetah

.]

Definition 2024

cheetah

cheetah

English

A cheetah, Acinonyx jubatus

Alternative forms

chetah, cheeta (archaic)

Noun

cheetah ‎(plural cheetahs)

A distinctive member (Acinonyx jubatus) of the cat family, slightly smaller than the leopard, but with proportionately longer limbs and a smaller head; it is native to Africa and also credited with being the fastest terrestrial animal.

Synonyms

hunting leopard, hunting cat

Derived terms

American cheetah (Miracinonyx trumanii)

See also

cheetah on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Acinonyx jubatus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Acinonyx jubatus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Translations

Acinonyx jubatus

Afrikaans: jagluiperd (af)
Arabic: فَهْد (ar) m ‎(fahd), شِيتَه f ‎(šītah)
Armenian: վագրակատու (hy) ‎(vagrakatu), ընձառյուծ (hy) ‎(ənjaṙyuc), հովազառյուծ (hy) ‎(hovazaṙyuc)
Azeri: çita
Basque: gepardo
Belarusian: гепа́рд m ‎(hjepárd)
Bengali: চিতা ‎(citā)
Bulgarian: гепа́рд (bg) m ‎(gepárd)
Catalan: guepard
Cherokee: ᏢᏓᏥ ᎠᎦᏣᏄᎳ ‎(tlvdatsi agatsanula)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 獵豹 (zh), 猎豹 (zh) ‎(lièbào)
Czech: gepard m
Danish: gepard c
Dutch: jachtluipaard (nl) m, n, cheeta (nl) m
Esperanto: gepardo
Estonian: gepard
Finnish: gepardi (fi)
French: guépard (fr) m
Georgian: ავაზა ‎(avaza)
German: Gepard (de) m
Greek: γατόπαρδος (el) m ‎(gatópardos)
Gujarati: ચિત્તો ‎(chitto)
Hebrew: ברדלס (he) m ‎(bardelás), צ'יטה f ‎(chíta)
Hindi: चीता (hi) m ‎(cītā)
Hungarian: gepárd (hu)
Icelandic: blettatígur (is) m
Indonesian: cheetah
Irish: síota m, liopard fiaigh m
Italian: ghepardo (it) m
Japanese: チーター (ja) ‎(chītā), 狩猟豹 ‎(しゅりょうひょう, shuryōhyō)
Khmer:

Korean: 치타 (ko) ‎(chita)
Latin: Acinonyx
Latvian: gepards m
Lithuanian: gepardas m
Macedonian: гепард m ‎(gepard)
Malay:

Rumi: citah

Jawi: چيته
Marathi: चीता m ‎(cītā)
Mongolian: үчимбэр ‎(üčimber)
Navajo: náshdóí dilwoʼí
Norwegian: gepard m
Persian: يوزپلنگ (fa) ‎(yuzpalang), چیتا ‎(čitâ), یوز (fa) ‎(yûz)
Polish: gepard (pl) m
Portuguese: guepardo (pt) m, chita (pt) f
Romanian: ghepard (ro) m
Russian: гепа́рд (ru) m ‎(gepárd)
Serbo-Croatian:

Cyrillic: гепард m

Roman: gepard (sh) m
Slovak: gepard (sk) m
Slovene: gepard (sl) m
Somali: harimacad
Spanish: guepardo m, chita (es) m
Swahili: duma (sw)
Swedish: gepard (sv) c, jaktleopard c
Tagalog: gepardo
Thai: เสือชีตาห์ (th) ‎(sĕua chee-dtaa)
Turkish: çita (tr)
Ukrainian: гепа́рд m ‎(hepárd)
Urdu: چیتا m ‎(cītā)
Vietnamese: báo săn, báo bờm, báo ghêpa
Wolof: tene mi (wo)

References

↑ Etymology in Merriam-Webster's Dictionary