Meanings
nounsnow leopard (plural snow leopards)
plural snow leopards
- A large feline mammal, Panthera uncia (syn. Uncia uncia), native to mountain ranges of central Asia.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA large feline mammal, Panthera uncia (syn. Uncia uncia), native to mountain ranges of central Asia.
More synonyms by meaning
nounlarge feline of upland central Asia having long thick whitish fur
Similar
ouncePanthera uncia
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Afrikaans sneeuluiperd
- sneeuluiperda large feline mammal, ''Panthera uncia''
Arabic نِمْر اَلثُّلُوج
- نِمْر اَلثُّلُوج (nimr aṯ-ṯulūj)a large feline mammal, ''Panthera uncia''
Bulgarian барс, сне́жен барс
- барс (bars)a large feline mammal, ''Panthera uncia''
- сне́жен барс (snéžen bars)a large feline mammal, ''Panthera uncia''
- сне́жен леопа́рд (snéžen leopárd)a large feline mammal, ''Panthera uncia''
Catalan pantera de les neus
- pantera de les neusa large feline mammal, ''Panthera uncia''
Chinese Mandarin 雪豹
- 雪豹 (xuěbào)a large feline mammal, ''Panthera uncia''
Czech irbis
- irbisa large feline mammal, ''Panthera uncia''
Danish sneleopard
- sneleoparda large feline mammal, ''Panthera uncia''
Dutch sneeuwpanter, sneeuwluipaard
- sneeuwpantera large feline mammal, ''Panthera uncia''
- sneeuwluipaarda large feline mammal, ''Panthera uncia''
Esperanto uncio, neĝleopardo
- uncioa large feline mammal, ''Panthera uncia''
- neĝleopardoa large feline mammal, ''Panthera uncia''
Estonian lumeleopard
- lumeleoparda large feline mammal, ''Panthera uncia''
Finnish lumileopardi
- lumileopardia large feline mammal, ''Panthera uncia''
French léopard des neiges, once
- léopard des neigesa large feline mammal, ''Panthera uncia''
- oncea large feline mammal, ''Panthera uncia''
German Schneeleopard, Irbis
- Schneeleoparda large feline mammal, ''Panthera uncia''
- Irbisa large feline mammal, ''Panthera uncia''
Greek ίρβις, λευκή λεοπάρδαλη
- ίρβις (írvis)a large feline mammal, ''Panthera uncia''
- λευκή λεοπάρδαλη (lefkí leopárdali)a large feline mammal, ''Panthera uncia''
- λεοπάρδαλη του χιονιού (leopárdali tou chionioú)a large feline mammal, ''Panthera uncia''
Hebrew נמר שלג מצוי
- נמר שלג מצויa large feline mammal, ''Panthera uncia''
Hindi हिम तेंदुआ
- हिम तेंदुआ (him tenduā)a large feline mammal, ''Panthera uncia''
Hungarian hópárduc
- hópárduca large feline mammal, ''Panthera uncia''
Icelandic snæhlébarði
- snæhlébarðia large feline mammal, ''Panthera uncia''
Indonesian macan tutul salju
- macan tutul saljua large feline mammal, ''Panthera uncia''
Irish liopard sneachta
- liopard sneachtaa large feline mammal, ''Panthera uncia''
Italian leopardo delle nevi
- leopardo delle nevia large feline mammal, ''Panthera uncia''
Japanese ユキヒョウ, 雪豹
- ユキヒョウ (yukihyō)a large feline mammal, ''Panthera uncia''
- 雪豹 (yukihyō)a large feline mammal, ''Panthera uncia''
Korean 설표, 눈표범
- 설표 (seolpyo)a large feline mammal, ''Panthera uncia''
- 눈표범 (nunpyobeom)a large feline mammal, ''Panthera uncia''
Latvian sniega leopards
- sniega leopardsa large feline mammal, ''Panthera uncia''
Lithuanian irbis
- irbisa large feline mammal, ''Panthera uncia''
Malay harimau dahan salji
- harimau dahan saljia large feline mammal, ''Panthera uncia''
Norwegian snøleopard
- snøleoparda large feline mammal, ''Panthera uncia''
Persian پلنگ برفی
- پلنگ برفی (palang-e barfi)a large feline mammal, ''Panthera uncia''
Polish pantera śnieżna, irbis
- pantera śnieżnaa large feline mammal, ''Panthera uncia''
- irbisa large feline mammal, ''Panthera uncia''
- irbis śnieżnya large feline mammal, ''Panthera uncia''
Portuguese leopardo-das-neves
- leopardo-das-nevesa large feline mammal, ''Panthera uncia''
Romanian irbis, leopardul zăpezilor
- irbisa large feline mammal, ''Panthera uncia''
- leopardul zăpezilora large feline mammal, ''Panthera uncia''
Russian и́рбис, сне́жный барс
- и́рбис (írbis)a large feline mammal, ''Panthera uncia''
- сне́жный барс (snéžnyj bars)a large feline mammal, ''Panthera uncia''
- сне́жный леопа́рд (snéžnyj leopárd)a large feline mammal, ''Panthera uncia''
- барс (bars)a large feline mammal, ''Panthera uncia''
Scottish Gaelic liopard-sneachda
- liopard-sneachdaa large feline mammal, ''Panthera uncia''
Slovak leopard snežný
- leopard snežnýa large feline mammal, ''Panthera uncia''
Spanish leopardo de las nieves, onza
- leopardo de las nievesa large feline mammal, ''Panthera uncia''
- onzaa large feline mammal, ''Panthera uncia''
- leopardo nivala large feline mammal, ''Panthera uncia''
- leopardo níveoa large feline mammal, ''Panthera uncia''
Swedish snöleopard
- snöleoparda large feline mammal, ''Panthera uncia''
Thai เสือดาวหิมะ
- เสือดาวหิมะ (sʉ̌ʉa-daao-hì-má)a large feline mammal, ''Panthera uncia''
Turkish kar leoparı, kar parsı
- kar leoparıa large feline mammal, ''Panthera uncia''
- kar parsıa large feline mammal, ''Panthera uncia''
Ukrainian барс, сні́жний барс
- барс (bars)a large feline mammal, ''Panthera uncia''
- сні́жний барс (snížnyj bars)a large feline mammal, ''Panthera uncia''
- сні́жний леопа́рд (snížnyj leopárd)a large feline mammal, ''Panthera uncia''
Urdu برفانی چیتا
- برفانی چیتا (barfānī cītā)a large feline mammal, ''Panthera uncia''
Vietnamese báo tuyết
- báo tuyếta large feline mammal, ''Panthera uncia''
Welsh llewpard eira, owns
- llewpard eiraa large feline mammal, ''Panthera uncia''
- ownsa large feline mammal, ''Panthera uncia''
Cite this entry
APA
snow leopard. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/snow%20leopard
MLA
“snow leopard.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/snow%20leopard. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “snow leopard,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/snow%20leopard.
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