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panther

/ˈpænθəɹ/noun

panther is spelled P-A-N-T-H-E-R: 7 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 4.5 times per million words in written English, the 12,045th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, panther means “Any of various big cats with black fur; most especially, the black-coated leopard of Africa and Asia” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of panther is panthers.

How many letters and syllables are in panther?

Letters7: P-A-N-T-H-E-R
Syllables2 (from its American pronunciation)
In writing4.5 times per million words; the 12,045th most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone measured in search
Rhymes with

Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.

How common is panther?

Panther appears 4.5 times per million words in written English, the 12,045th most frequent word form in the list.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

How do you pronounce panther?

  • US /ˈpænθəɹ/
  • UK /ˈpænθə/
  • /ˈpæntə(ɹ)/

Panther has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-panther.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).

What rhymes with panther?

One word on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as panther from its last stressed vowel (/ænθəɹ/):

Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).

Forms of panther

  • panthers plural

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

What does panther mean?

The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

noun

  1. 1

    Any of various big cats with black fur; most especially, the black-coated leopard of Africa and Asia.

  2. 2

    Any big cat of the genus Panthera.

  3. 3

    A cougar; especially the Florida panther.

  4. 4

    slangA girl, especially a young one, who pursues older men.

  5. 5

    A creature resembling a big cat, typically incensed (“emitting fire”), and often having a multicolored hide, found in Ancient Greek mythology and in medieval and later heraldry (in which its depiction sometimes approaches that of a horse).

noun

as Panther
  1. 1

    USA member of the Black Panther Party, White Panther Party or Gray Panthers.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Panther in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese

LanguageWords
Frenchpanthère noire (big cat with black fur), panthère (big cat of genus Panthera)
GermanPanther, Panter (big cat with black fur)
Portuguesepantera-negra (big cat with black fur), pantera (big cat of genus Panthera)
Spanishpantera negra (big cat with black fur)

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.

Where does panther come from?

From Middle English pantere, panter, from Old French pantere, from Latin panthēra, from Ancient Greek πάνθηρ (pánthēr, “panther”).

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

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