Translingual

Proper noun

Felis f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Felidae – the small cats.

Usage notes

• At one time or another almost all species of the family Felidae, especially in the subfamily Felinae, have been placed in genus Felis.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Mammalia - class; Trechnotheria - subclass; Zatheria - infraclass; Theria - supercohort; Eutheria - infraclass; Epitheria - magnorder; Laurasiatheria - superorder; Carnivora - order; Feliformia - suborder; Felidae - family; Felinae - subfamily

Hyponyms

• (genus): Felis aurata (African golden cat), Felis chaus (jungle cat), Felis geoffroyi, Felis guigna, Felis jacobita, Felis margarita (sand cat), Felis nigripes (black-footed cat), Felis planiceps (flat-headed cat), Felis rufus (bobcat), Felis silvestris (wildcat), Felis viverrinus (fishing cat) - species; Felis silvestris catus (domestic cat) - selected subspecies

Latin

Noun

fēlis m

1. genitive singular of fēlēs

See also

• cattus
• Felis

References

• felis in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• FELIS in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “felis”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• felis in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers

Old High German

Etymology

Akin to Old Norse fell, fjall.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfe.lis̠/

Noun

felis m

1. cliff
2. rock

Descendants

• German: Fels