pardal

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noun

A pard; a panther or leopard.

OriginLatin pardalis ← Ancient Greek πάρδαλις →
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Meanings

nounpardal (plural pardals)

plural pardals · alternative pardale

  1. obsoleteA pard; a panther or leopard.

    Wyld beasts in yron yokes he would compell; / The spotted Panther, and the tusked Bore, / The Pardale swift, and the Tigre cruell […]

    1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book I, Canto VI”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
leopard

Origin

  1. Ancient Greekπάρδαλις
  2. Latinpardalis
  3. Englishpardal

From Latin pardalis, from Ancient Greek πάρδαλις (párdalis), from an unattested Old Iranian word; compare Persian پلنگ (palang), Pashto پړانګ (pṙâng).

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APA

pardal. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pardal

MLA

“pardal.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pardal. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pardal,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pardal.

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