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- 1.1 Alternative forms
- 1.2 Etymology
- 1.3 Pronunciation
- 1.4 Noun
  - 1.4.1 Synonyms
  - 1.4.2 Derived terms
  - 1.4.3 Descendants
  - 1.4.4 Translations
- 1.5 References

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English

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Alternative forms

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chetah, cheeta (archaic)

Etymology

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Borrowed from Hindi चीता (cītā, “leopard, panther”), ultimately from Sanskrit चित्र (citra, “multicolored, speckled”) (akin to Old High German haitar (“bright”) [1] > German heiter; Old Norse heiðr (“bright”)) + Sanskrit काय (kāya, “body”), thus “having a spotted body”.

Pronunciation

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IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃiːtə/, /ˈt͡ʃiːtɑ/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Rhymes: -iːtə
Homophones: Chita; cheater (non-rhotic)

Noun

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cheetah (plural cheetahs)

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

Synonyms

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guepard (archaic), hunting cat, hunting leopard

Derived terms

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American cheetah (†Miracinonyx trumanii)
cheetahlike
do cheetah flips
giant cheetah (†Acinonyx pardinensis)
king cheetah

Descendants

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→ Portuguese: chita
→ Spanish: chita

Translations

[edit] Acinonyx jubatus

Afrikaans: jagluiperd (af)
Albanian: gepard m
Amharic: አቦሸማኔ (ʾäbošämane)
Arabic: فَهْد (ar) m (fahd), شِيتَه f (šītah)
Armenian: վագրակատու (hy) (vagrakatu), գեպարդ (gepard)
Assamese: চিতা বাঘ (sita bagh)
Asturian: guepardu (ast)
Azerbaijani: çita, gepard, qepard
Basque: gepardo
Belarusian: гепа́рд m (hjepárd)
Bengali: চিতা (bn) (cita)
Bulgarian: гепа́рд (bg) m (gepárd)
Burmese: သစ်ကျုတ် (my) (sackyut)
Catalan: guepard
Cherokee: ᏢᏓᏥ ᎠᎦᏣᏄᎳ (tlvdatsi agatsanula)
Chinese: Mandarin: 獵豹 / 猎豹 (zh) (lièbào)
Czech: gepard m
Danish: gepard c
Dutch: jachtluipaard (nl) m or n, cheeta (nl) m
Egyptian:

(ꜣby-mḥw m)
Esperanto: gepardo
Estonian: gepard
Finnish: gepardi (fi)
French: guépard (fr) m
Galician: guepardo (gl) m
Georgian: ავაზა (avaza), გეპარდი (geṗardi)
German: Gepard (de) m
Greek: γατόπαρδος (el) m (gatópardos), τσιτάχ (el) m (tsitách)
Gujarati: ચિત્તો (citto)
Hebrew: בַּרְדְּלָס (he) m (bard'lás), צִ׳יטָה f (chíta)
Hindi: चीता (hi) m (cītā)
Hungarian: gepárd (hu)
Icelandic: blettatígur (is) m
Ido: gepardo (io)
Indonesian: citah
Irish: síota m, liopard fiaigh m
Italian: ghepardo (it) m
Japanese: チーター (ja) (chītā), 狩猟豹 (ja) (しゅりょうひょう, shuryōhyō)
Kazakh: қабылан (qabylan)
Khmer: ឆីតា (chəytaa)
Korean: 치타 (ko) (chita)
Kurdish: Northern Kurdish: yûzpiling (ku), yûz, çîta (ku)
Kyrgyz: гепард (ky) (gepard), куулан (kuulan)
Latvian: gepards m
Lithuanian: gepardas m
Macedonian: гепард m (gepard)
Malay: Jawi: چيته Rumi: citah
Maltese: ċita f
Māori: tīta
Marathi: चीता m (cītā)
Mongolian: Cyrillic: үчимбэр (üčimber), гепард (gepard) Mongolian script: ᠦᠴᠢᠮᠪᠡᠷ (üčimber)
Navajo: náshdóí dilwoʼí
Norwegian: Bokmål: gepard m Nynorsk: gepard m
Persian: یوزپلنگ (fa) (yuzpalang), چیتا (čitâ), یوز (fa) (yuz) Middle Persian: 𐭩𐭥𐭮𐭩 (yʿsy /⁠yōz⁠/)
Polish: gepard (pl) m
Portuguese: guepardo (pt) m, chita (pt) f
Romanian: ghepard (ro) m
Russian: гепа́рд (ru) m (gepárd)
Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: ге̏па̄рд m Latin: gȅpārd (sh) m
Sinhalese: චීටා (cīṭā)
Slovak: gepard (sk) m
Slovene: gẹ̑pard (sl) m
Somali: harimacad
Sorbian: Lower Sorbian: gepard m
Spanish: guepardo (es) m, chita (es) m or f, gatopardo (es) m
Swahili: duma (sw)
Swedish: gepard (sv) c, jaktleopard c
Tagalog: gepardo
Tajik: юз (yuz), гепард (gepard)
Tamil: சிறுத்தை (ta) (ciṟuttai)
Telugu: చిరుతపులి (te) (cirutapuli), చిరుతగండు (te) (cirutagaṇḍu)
Thai: ชีตาห์ (chii-dtâa)
Tibetan: ཤ་གཟིག (sha gzig)
Tigrinya: ቺታ (čita)
Turkish: çita (tr) Ottoman Turkish: یوز (yuz)
Turkmen: geçigaplaň
Ukrainian: гепа́рд (uk) m (hepárd), ґепа́рд m (gepárd) (rare spelling)
Urdu: چیتا m (cītā)
Uzbek: gepard (uz)
Vietnamese: báo săn, báo bờm, báo ghêpa
Welsh: llewpart hela m, tsita m
Wolof: tene mi (wo)