Jackal

//ˈd͡ʒækəl//

Synonyms for "jackal" (106 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (22)

Strong matches (31)

Related words (53)

Related word relations

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7 relation types

More general

3 entries

More specific

3 entries

dbpedia genus

1 entries

derived

8 entries

has context

2 entries

is a

5 entries

related to

11 entries

Translations

159 translations across 115 languages.

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Abkhaz

1 entries
  • абга noun (wild canine)

Afar

1 entries
  • wákri noun (wild canine)

Afrikaans

1 entries
  • jakkals noun (wild canine)

Albanian

3 entries
  • çakall noun (wild canine)
  • çakall noun (person who behaves in an opportunistic way)
  • çakalle noun (person who behaves in an opportunistic way)

Ancient Greek

2 entries
  • θώς noun (wild canine)
  • λυκοπάνθηρ noun (wild canine)

Arabic

1 entries
  • اِبْن آوَى noun (wild canine)

Aramaic

3 entries
  • יָרוֹרָא noun (wild canine)
  • ܝܪܘܪܐ noun (wild canine)
  • ܫܓܠ noun (wild canine)

Armenian

1 entries
  • շնագայլ noun (wild canine)

Assamese

1 entries
  • শিয়াল noun (wild canine)

Atong (India)

1 entries
  • sial noun (wild canine)

Azerbaijani

1 entries
  • çaqqal noun (wild canine)

Basque

1 entries
  • txakal noun (wild canine)

Belarusian

1 entries
  • шака́л noun (wild canine)

Bengali

2 entries
  • শিয়াল noun (wild canine)
  • শৃগাল noun (wild canine)

Breton

1 entries
  • aourgi noun (wild canine)

Bulgarian

1 entries
  • чака́л noun (wild canine)

Burmese

2 entries
  • ခွေးအ noun (wild canine)
  • ခှေး noun (wild canine)

Catalan

1 entries
  • xacal noun (wild canine)

Central Atlas Tamazight

2 entries
  • ⵓⵛⵛⵏ noun (wild canine)
  • ⵜⵓⵛⵛⵏⵜ noun (wild canine)

Central Kurdish

1 entries
  • چەقەڵ noun (wild canine)

Chechen

1 entries
  • чагӏалкх noun (wild canine)

Chichewa

1 entries
  • nkhandwe noun (wild canine)

Chinese Mandarin

3 entries
  • 狐狼 noun (wild canine)
  • 胡狼 noun (wild canine)
  • 豺狼 noun (wild canine)

Coptic

1 entries
  • ⲃⲟⲓϣⲓ noun (wild canine)

Crimean Tatar

1 entries
  • çaqal noun (wild canine)

Czech

1 entries
  • šakal noun (wild canine)

Danish

1 entries
  • sjakal noun (wild canine)

Demotic Egyptian

1 entries
  • spe noun (wild canine)

Dutch

2 entries
  • boer noun (slang for the playing card jack)
  • jakhals noun (wild canine)

Egyptian

2 entries
  • wn:n-S-E17 noun (wild canine)
  • z:A-b-E17 noun (wild canine)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • ŝakalo noun (wild canine)

Estonian

1 entries
  • šaakal noun (wild canine)

Faroese

1 entries
  • sjakalur noun (wild canine)

Finnish

2 entries
  • liero noun (person who behaves in an opportunistic way)
  • sakaali noun (wild canine)

French

1 entries
  • chacal noun (wild canine)

Galician

1 entries
  • chacal noun (wild canine)

Georgian

2 entries
  • ტურა noun (wild canine)
  • შავი სამუშაოს შემსრულებელი noun (person who performs menial/routine tasks)

German

2 entries
  • Schakal noun (wild canine)
  • Schakalin noun (wild canine)

Greek

2 entries
  • τσακάλι noun (wild canine)
  • τσακάλι noun (person who behaves in an opportunistic way)

Gujarati

1 entries
  • શિયાળ noun (wild canine)

Hausa

1 entries
  • dilā noun (wild canine)

Hawaiian

2 entries
  • iākala noun (wild canine)
  • ʻīlio hae noun (wild canine)

Hebrew

2 entries
  • אִי noun (wild canine)
  • תַּן noun (wild canine)

Hindi

1 entries
  • सियार noun (wild canine)

Hungarian

1 entries
  • sakál noun (wild canine)

Icelandic

1 entries
  • sjakali noun (wild canine)

Ido

1 entries
  • shakalo noun (wild canine)

Indonesian

1 entries
  • jakal noun (wild canine)

Irish

1 entries
  • seacál noun (wild canine)

Italian

4 entries
  • fante noun (slang for the playing card jack)
  • sciacalla noun (wild canine)
  • sciacallo noun (wild canine)
  • sciacallo noun (person who behaves in an opportunistic way)

Japanese

1 entries
  • ジャッカル noun (wild canine)

Javanese

1 entries
  • asu alas noun (wild canine)

Kabyle

1 entries
  • ⵓⵞⴻⵏ noun (wild canine)

Kalmyk

1 entries
  • шоһл чон noun (wild canine)

Kashmiri

2 entries
  • شال noun (wild canine)
  • شٲج noun (wild canine)

Kazakh

3 entries
  • шағал noun (wild canine)
  • шақал noun (wild canine)
  • қорқау қасқыр noun (wild canine)

Khmer

1 entries
  • សិគាល noun (wild canine)

Korean

2 entries
  • 자칼 noun (wild canine)
  • 재칼 noun (wild canine)

Kyrgyz

2 entries
  • көркоо noun (wild canine)
  • чөө noun (wild canine)

Lak

1 entries
  • чакъал noun (wild canine)

Lao

2 entries
  • ຫມາຈອກ noun (wild canine)
  • ຫມາຈິກຈອກ noun (wild canine)

Latin

3 entries
  • canis aureus noun (wild canine)
  • ciacalis noun (wild canine)
  • thōs noun (wild canine)

Latvian

1 entries
  • šakālis noun (wild canine)

Laz

1 entries
  • მკჲაფუ noun (wild canine)

Lezgi

1 entries
  • чакъал noun (wild canine)

Lithuanian

1 entries
  • šakalas noun (wild canine)

Macedonian

3 entries
  • аргат noun (person who performs menial/routine tasks)
  • чакал noun (wild canine)
  • шакал noun (wild canine)

Malay

2 entries
  • jakal noun (wild canine)
  • جاکل noun (wild canine)

Manx

1 entries
  • coo conveyrt noun (wild canine)

Mongolian

1 entries
  • цөөвөр чоно noun (wild canine)

Northern Kurdish

1 entries
  • çeqel noun (wild canine)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries
  • sjakal noun (wild canine)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries
  • sjakal noun (wild canine)

Occitan

1 entries
  • chacal noun (wild canine)

Old Armenian

1 entries
  • թեպեկ noun (wild canine)

Oromo

2 entries
  • jeedala noun (wild canine)
  • waangoo noun (wild canine)

Pannonian Rusyn

1 entries
  • шакал noun (wild canine)

Persian

1 entries
  • شغال noun (wild canine)

Polish

4 entries
  • jopek noun (slang for the playing card jack)
  • przegryw noun (person who performs menial/routine tasks)
  • szakal noun (wild canine)
  • szakal noun (person who behaves in an opportunistic way)

Pontic Greek

1 entries
  • θώπεκας noun (wild canine)

Portuguese

1 entries
  • chacal noun (wild canine)

Punjabi

2 entries
  • گِدَّڑ noun (wild canine)
  • ਗਿੱਦੜ noun (wild canine)

Rohingya

2 entries
  • híiyal noun (wild canine)
  • 𐴇𐴞𐴥𐴘𐴝𐴓 noun (wild canine)

Romanian

1 entries
  • șacal noun (wild canine)

Russian

2 entries
  • шака́л noun (wild canine)
  • шака́л noun (person who behaves in an opportunistic way)

Sanskrit

1 entries
  • सृगाल noun (wild canine)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries
  • šȁkal noun (wild canine)
  • ша̏кал noun (wild canine)

Sikkimese

1 entries
  • ཅེ་སྤྱང noun (wild canine)

Slovak

1 entries
  • šakal noun (wild canine)

Slovene

1 entries
  • šakal noun (wild canine)

Spanish

1 entries
  • chacal noun (wild canine)

Swahili

1 entries
  • mbweha noun (wild canine)

Swedish

2 entries
  • schakal noun (wild canine)
  • sjakal noun (wild canine)

Sylheti

1 entries
  • ꠢꠤꠀꠟ noun (wild canine)

Tagalog

1 entries
  • tsakal noun (wild canine)

Tajik

1 entries
  • шағол noun (wild canine)

Tarifit

1 entries
  • uššen noun (wild canine)

Tedaga

1 entries
  • turki noun (wild canine)

Telugu

1 entries
  • నక్క noun (wild canine)

Thai

1 entries
  • แจ็กคัล noun (wild canine)

Tibetan

1 entries
  • འཕར་བ noun (wild canine)

Tocharian B

1 entries
  • niśācare noun (wild canine)

Turkish

2 entries
  • çakal noun (wild canine)
  • çakal noun (person who behaves in an opportunistic way)

Turkmen

1 entries
  • şagal noun (wild canine)

Ubykh

1 entries
  • б'агьашә noun (wild canine)

Ukrainian

1 entries
  • шака́л noun (wild canine)

Urdu

2 entries
  • سیار noun (wild canine)
  • گِیدَڑ noun (wild canine)

Uyghur

1 entries
  • چىلبۆرە noun (wild canine)

Uzbek

2 entries
  • chiyaboʻri noun (wild canine)
  • shaqal noun (wild canine)

Vietnamese

1 entries
  • chó rừng noun (wild canine)

Volapük

1 entries
  • jakal noun (wild canine)

Welsh

1 entries
  • siacal noun (wild canine)

Wolof

1 entries
  • till gi noun (wild canine)

Yiddish

1 entries
  • שאַקאַל noun (wild canine)

Zulu

1 entries
  • impungushe noun (wild canine)

Sample sentences

15 total sentences available.

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A cornered fox is more dangerous than a jackal.

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The jackal is howling.

Source: tatoeba (1663009)

I cannot howl like a jackal. I'm a goat!

Source: tatoeba (1685740)

I cannot roar like a lion. I'm a jackal.

Source: tatoeba (1687110)

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