serval
French, noun/sɛʁ.val/
serval is spelled S-E-R-V-A-L (6 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written French, the 41,186th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Serval is a French masculine noun meaning “serval” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Espèce de félin africain sauvage de taille moyenne, à longues pattes”.
What does serval mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineserval
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Espèce de félin africain sauvage de taille moyenne, à longues pattes.
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 serval
- servaux plural
- servals plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce serval?
- /sɛʁ.val/
- \sɛʁ.val\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (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 French?
serval appears about once in every 2 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).