civeta

Ultimately from Arabic زَبَاد (zabād). Possibly reborrowed via French civette.

• IPA^(key): (Central) [siˈβɛ.tə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [siˈvə.tə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [siˈve.ta]

civeta f (plural civetes)

1. a civet, particularly the African civet (Civettictis civetta)

• civeta de palmera

• “civeta” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “civeta” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Borrowed from French civette, from Italian zibetto, from Arabic زَبَاد (zabād).[1] Doublet of zibeta.

• Hyphenation: ci‧ve‧ta

civeta f (plural civetas)

1. civet (any of several small viverrids that produce a musky secretion)

   Synonym: gato-de-algália

Borrowed from French civette.

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /θiˈbeta/ [θiˈβ̞e.t̪a]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /siˈbeta/ [siˈβ̞e.t̪a]
• (Castilian)

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• Rhymes: -eta
• Syllabification: ci‧ve‧ta

civeta f (plural civetas)

1. civet (cat-like animal)

• “civeta”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014