margay
French, noun\maʁ.ɡɛ\
margay is spelled M-A-R-G-A-Y (6 letters) and appears about once in every 98 million words in written French, the 308,115th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Margay is a French masculine noun meaning “margay” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Espèce de chat sauvage arboricole d’Amérique du Sud et centrale, de la famille des félidés, à la fourrure…”.
What does margay mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinemargay
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Espèce de chat sauvage arboricole d’Amérique du Sud et centrale, de la famille des félidés, à la fourrure fauve et tachetée, et ressemblant fortement à l’ocelot, dont il se différencie par sa plus petite taille et une plus longue queue.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of margay
- margays plural
- marguay
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce margay?
- \maʁ.ɡɛ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to margay
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is margay in French?
margay appears about once in every 98 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).