Meanings
plural ocelots
- An American feline carnivore (Leopardus pardalis, syn. Felis pardalis) covered with blackish ocellated spots and blotches which are variously arranged.
Synonyms: chati
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAn American feline carnivore (Leopardus pardalis, syn. Felis pardalis) covered with blackish ocellated spots and blotches which are variously arranged.
More synonyms by meaning
nounnocturnal wildcat of Central America and South America having a dark-spotted buff-brown coat
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Classical Nahuatlōcēlōtl“jaguar”
- Frenchocelot
- Englishocelot
From French ocelot, a word formed by Buffon from Classical Nahuatl ōcēlōtl (“jaguar”).
More words from French, Classical Nahuatl
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian оцелот
- оцелот (ocelot)feline carnivore
Catalan ocelot
- ocelotfeline carnivore
Chinese Mandarin 虎貓 /虎猫, 豹貓 /豹猫
- 虎貓 /虎猫 (hǔmāo)feline carnivore
- 豹貓 /豹猫 (bàomāo)feline carnivore
Czech ocelot
- ocelotfeline carnivore
Dutch ocelot, pardelkat
- ocelotfeline carnivore
- pardelkatfeline carnivore
Esperanto oceloto
- ocelotofeline carnivore
Finnish oselotti
- oselottifeline carnivore
French ocelot
- ocelotfeline carnivore
German Ozelot
- Ozelotfeline carnivore
Hungarian ocelot, párducmacska
- ocelotfeline carnivore
- párducmacskafeline carnivore
Irish osalat
- osalatfeline carnivore
Italian ocelot, ocelotto
- ocelotfeline carnivore
- ocelottofeline carnivore
- ozelotfeline carnivore
- gattopardo americanofeline carnivore
Japanese オセロット
- オセロット (oserotto)feline carnivore
Malay oselot
- oselotfeline carnivore
Polish ocelot
- ocelotfeline carnivore
Portuguese jaguatirica, gato-do-mato
- jaguatiricafeline carnivore
- gato-do-matofeline carnivore
- ocelotefeline carnivore
Romanian ocelot
- ocelotfeline carnivore
Russian оцело́т
- оцело́т (ocelót)feline carnivore
Spanish ocelote, cunaguaro
- ocelotefeline carnivore
- cunaguarofeline carnivore
- gato onzafeline carnivore
- manigordofeline carnivore
- tigrecillofeline carnivore
- tigrillofeline carnivore
- maracayáfeline carnivore
Swedish ozelot
- ozelotfeline carnivore
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Cite this entry
ocelot. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ocelot
“ocelot.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ocelot. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ocelot,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ocelot.
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