cheetah
/ˈt͡ʃiːtə/
cheetah noun: 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.
Noun
cheetah (plural cheetahs)
- 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:
- guepard, hunting cat, hunting leopard
cheetah meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
cheetah in Hindi
- Acinonyx jubatus
- चीता cītā
cheetah in Tamil
- Acinonyx jubatus
- சிறுத்தை ciṟuttai
cheetah in Marathi
- Acinonyx jubatus
- चीता cītā
cheetah in Urdu
- Acinonyx jubatus
- چیتا cītā
More languagesFewer languages
- cheetah in Bengali
- চিতা cita
- cheetah in Telugu
- చిరుతపులి cirutapuli, చిరుతగండు cirutagaṇḍu
- cheetah in Malayalam
- ചെമ്പുലി cempuli
- cheetah in Kannada
- ಚಿರತೆ cirate
- cheetah in Gujarati
- ચિત્તો citto
- cheetah in Odia
- ଚିତା, ଚିତ୍ତା
- cheetah in Sanskrit
- अनल anala
- cheetah in Sinhala
- චීටා cīṭā
- cheetah in Assamese
- চিতা বাঘ sita bagh
- cheetah in Nepali
- चित्ता, चीता, चिताह
- cheetah in Tagalog
- gepardo
- cheetah in Arabic
- فَهْد fahd, شِيتَه šītah
- cheetah in Malay
- citah
- cheetah in Indonesian
- citah
- cheetah in Persian
- یوزپلنگ yuzpalang, چیتا čitâ, یوز yuz
- cheetah in Thai
- ชีตาห์ chii-dtâa
- cheetah in Vietnamese
- báo săn, báo bờm, báo ghêpa
- cheetah in Myanmar
- သစ်ကျုတ် sackyut
Synonyms of cheetah
Forms of cheetah
| plural | cheetahs |
|---|---|
| alternative form (archaic) | chetah |
| alternative form (archaic) | cheeta |
Origin of cheetah
Borrowed from Hindi चीता (cītā, “leopard, panther”), ultimately from Sanskrit चित्र (citra, “multicolored, speckled”) (akin to Old High German haitar (“bright”) > German heiter; Old Norse heiðr (“bright”)) + Sanskrit काय (kāya, “body”), thus “having a spotted body”.
Words formed from cheetah
Phrases with cheetah
Words that rhyme with cheetah
9 more rhymesFewer rhymes
Questions about cheetah
- What does cheetah mean?
- Cheetah means 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.
- What is cheetah in Hindi?
- Cheetah in Hindi is चीता (cītā). See Cheetah meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is cheetah?
- Cheetah is a noun.
- How do you pronounce cheetah?
- Cheetah is pronounced /ˈt͡ʃiːtə/.
- What is the plural of cheetah?
- The plural of cheetah is cheetahs.
Words near cheetah in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: cheetah (page history and authors); ചെമ്പുലി (Malayalam) (page history and authors); ಚಿರತೆ (Kannada) (page history and authors); cheetah (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); अनल (Sanskrit) (page history and authors); cheetah (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
Last updated:
Pronunciation audio from Wikimedia Commons, each file under its own free license: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-cheetah.wav.
Cite this entry: “cheetah.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/cheetah. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.