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feline

/ˈfiːlaɪn/US/ˈfilaɪn/

feline adjective: of or pertaining to cats.

Adjective

feline (comparative more feline, superlative most feline)

  1. Of or pertaining to cats.
    • feline behaviour
    • feline expert
  2. catlike (resembling a cat); sleek, graceful, inscrutable, sensual, and/or cunning.
    • feline character
    • feline movement

Noun

feline (plural felines)

  1. A cat: member of the cat family Felidae.
    Synonyms:
    felid
    Antonyms:
    nonfelid, nonfeline
    1. Any member of Felinae, one of the two extant subdivisions of Felidae.

feline meaning in Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada and Arabic

feline in Tamil

பூனை சம்பந்தப்பட்ட, பூனைபோல் பதுங்கிச் செயல்படுகிற, நளினமான, புலி

feline in Malayalam

പൂച്ചയുടെ സ്വഭാവമുള്ള, മാർജ്ജാരീയം, പൂച്ചയെപ്പോലുള്ള

feline in Kannada

ಬೆಕ್ಕಿನಂತಹ, ಸದ್ದಿಲ್ಲದೆ ಬರುವ, ಬೆಕ್ಕಿನಂಥ, ಬೆಕ್ಕಿನ ಜಾತಿಯ, ಬೆಕ್ಕಿನ ಹಾಗಿರುವ, ಉಪಾಯಗಾರಿಕೆಯ

feline in Arabic

of or pertaining to cats
سِنَّوْرِيّ sinnawriyy
More languagesFewer languages
feline in Malay
kucing, kekucingan, felin
feline in Indonesian
kekucingan, seperti kucing, lirkucing
feline in Persian
گربهسان gorbe-sân

Examples of feline in a sentence

  • The tiger is a feline predator.
  • She moved with feline grace.

All 26 example sentences with feline

Synonyms of feline

Antonyms

All synonyms and antonyms of feline

Forms of feline

Adjective
comparativemore feline
superlativemost feline
Noun
pluralfelines

Origin of feline

Borrowed from Latin fēlīnus, from fēlēs (“wildcat, marten”).

Substantive use of the adjective feline, from Latin fēlīnus.

Words formed from feline

Words that rhyme with feline

Questions about feline

What does feline mean?
Feline means of or pertaining to cats.
What is feline in Tamil?
Feline in Tamil is பூனை சம்பந்தப்பட்ட, பூனைபோல் பதுங்கிச் செயல்படுகிற, நளினமான. See Feline meaning in Tamil.
How do you use feline in a sentence?
The tiger is a feline predator.
What part of speech is feline?
Feline can be an adjective or a noun.
How do you pronounce feline?
Feline is pronounced /ˈfiːlaɪn/ (UK).

Words near feline in the dictionary

  1. feliform
  2. feliforms
  3. Felin-fach
  4. Felin-hên
  5. Felindre
  6. feline
  7. feline distemper
  8. feline hyperesthesia syndrome
  9. feline infectious peritonitis
  10. felinekind
  11. felinely

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: feline (page history and authors); feline (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); feline (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); feline (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). 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.

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