serval
Spanish, noun/seɾˈbal/
serval is spelled S-E-R-V-A-L (6 letters) and appears about once in every 9 million words in written Spanish, the 109,730th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Serval is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “serval” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “(Leptailurus serval) Especie de felino de pelaje amarillento, similar al gato pero de mayor tamaño”.
What does serval mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineserval
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. (Leptailurus serval) Especie de felino de pelaje amarillento, similar al gato pero de mayor tamaño.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of serval
- servales plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce serval?
- /seɾˈbal/
- [seɾˈβ̞al]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to serval
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is serval in Spanish?
serval appears about once in every 9 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).