Mongoose

//ˈmɑŋ.ɡus//

Synonyms for "mongoose" (14 found)

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Closest matches (3)

animal antelope armadillo

Strong matches (4)

bat elephant hare

Noun(1 words)

herpestid

Related words (7)

horse kangaroo mammal opossum pig platypus rat

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

5 relation types

More general

2 entries

viverrine viverrine mammal

dbpedia genre

1 entries

web server

derived

47 entries

African mongoose Angolan slender mongoose Bengal mongoose Cape gray mongoose Egyptian mongoose Ethiopian dwarf mongoose Gambian mongoose Grandidier's mongoose Indian brown mongoose Indian gray mongoose/Indian mongoose Jackson's mongoose Javan mongoose Liberian mongoose Malagasy mongoose Meller's mongoose Pousargues's mongoose

Showing 16 of 47 words.

is a

4 entries

mammal mustelidae software viverrine

related to

5 entries

carnivore herpestidae predator snake venomous

Translations

97 translations across 78 languages.

Afrikaans

1 entries

muishond noun (small carnivore of the family Herpestidae)

Ancient Greek

1 entries

ἰχνεύμων noun (small carnivore of the family Herpestidae)

Arabic

2 entries

نمس noun (small carnivore of the family Herpestidae)
نِمْس noun (small carnivore of the family Herpestidae)

Armenian

1 entries

մանգուստ noun (small carnivore of the family Herpestidae)

Assamese

1 entries

নেউল noun (small carnivore of the family Herpestidae)

Azerbaijani

1 entries

manqustlar noun (small carnivore of the family Herpestidae)

Basque

1 entries

mangosta noun (small carnivore of the family Herpestidae)

Belarusian

1 entries

мангу́ст noun (small carnivore of the family Herpestidae)

Bhojpuri

1 entries

नेऊर noun (small carnivore of the family Herpestidae)

Bulgarian

1 entries

мангу́ста noun (small carnivore of the family Herpestidae)

Burmese

1 entries

မြွေပါ noun (small carnivore of the family Herpestidae)

Catalan

1 entries

mangosta noun (small carnivore of the family Herpestidae)

Cerma

1 entries

kogonnisacɔdɔrɔ noun (small carnivore of the family Herpestidae)

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries

獴 noun (small carnivore of the family Herpestidae)
貓鼬 /猫鼬 noun (small carnivore of the family Herpestidae)

Czech

3 entries

mangusta noun (small carnivore of the family Herpestidae)
promyka noun (small carnivore of the family Herpestidae)
surikata noun (small carnivore of the family Herpestidae)

Dutch

1 entries

mangoeste noun (small carnivore of the family Herpestidae)

Esperanto

2 entries

herpesto noun (small carnivore of the family Herpestidae)
mungoto noun (small carnivore of the family Herpestidae)

Estonian

1 entries

mangust noun (small carnivore of the family Herpestidae)

Finnish

3 entries

faaraorotta noun (small carnivore of the family Herpestidae)
madagaskarinmangusti noun (any species of Malagasy mongoose)
mangusti noun (small carnivore of the family Herpestidae)

French

1 entries

mangouste noun (small carnivore of the family Herpestidae)

Galician

1 entries

mangosta noun (small carnivore of the family Herpestidae)

German

2 entries

Manguste noun (small carnivore of the family Herpestidae)
Mungo noun (small carnivore of the family Herpestidae)

Greek

1 entries

μαγκούστα noun (small carnivore of the family Herpestidae)

Gujarati

1 entries

નોળિયો noun (small carnivore of the family Herpestidae)

Hawaiian

1 entries

manakuke noun (small carnivore of the family Herpestidae)

Hebrew

1 entries

נְמִיָּה noun (small carnivore of the family Herpestidae)

Hindi

1 entries

नेवला noun (small carnivore of the family Herpestidae)

Hungarian

3 entries

manguszta noun (small carnivore of the family Herpestidae)
mongúz noun (small carnivore of the family Herpestidae)
mungó noun (small carnivore of the family Herpestidae)

Ido

1 entries

mangusto noun (small carnivore of the family Herpestidae)

Indonesian

2 entries

cerpelai noun (small carnivore of the family Herpestidae)
garangan noun (small carnivore of the family Herpestidae)

Irish

1 entries

mongús noun (small carnivore of the family Herpestidae)

Italian

1 entries

mangusta noun (small carnivore of the family Herpestidae)

Japanese

2 entries

マングース noun (small carnivore of the family Herpestidae)
猫鼬 noun (small carnivore of the family Herpestidae)

Javanese

1 entries

garangan noun (small carnivore of the family Herpestidae)

Karang

1 entries

nzi̧w noun (small carnivore of the family Herpestidae)

Kashmiri

1 entries

نوٗل noun (small carnivore of the family Herpestidae)

Khmer

1 entries

សត្វស្កា noun (small carnivore of the family Herpestidae)

Kodava

1 entries

ಕೀರಿ noun (small carnivore of the family Herpestidae)

Korean

1 entries

몽구스 noun (small carnivore of the family Herpestidae)

Lao

1 entries

ຈອນພອນ noun (small carnivore of the family Herpestidae)

Lithuanian

1 entries

mangusta noun (small carnivore of the family Herpestidae)

Malay

2 entries

bambun noun (small carnivore of the family Herpestidae)
cerpelai noun (small carnivore of the family Herpestidae)

Malayalam

1 entries

കീരി noun (small carnivore of the family Herpestidae)

Marathi

1 entries

मुंगूस noun (small carnivore of the family Herpestidae)

Mon

1 entries

ဇၞးဇာတ် noun (small carnivore of the family Herpestidae)

Mongolian

1 entries

үхэр хулгана noun (small carnivore of the family Herpestidae)

Nepali

1 entries

न्याउरी noun (small carnivore of the family Herpestidae)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries

mungo noun (small carnivore of the family Herpestidae)

Old English

1 entries

nǣderbita noun (small carnivore of the family Herpestidae)

Pali

1 entries

nol (xadang) noun (small carnivore of the family Herpestidae)

Pashto

1 entries

نولی noun (small carnivore of the family Herpestidae)

Persian

1 entries

خدنگ noun (small carnivore of the family Herpestidae)

Polish

2 entries

galidia noun (any species of Malagasy mongoose)
mangusta noun (small carnivore of the family Herpestidae)

Portuguese

1 entries

manguço noun (small carnivore of the family Herpestidae)

Prakrit

1 entries

𑀡𑀉𑀮 noun (small carnivore of the family Herpestidae)

Punjabi

1 entries

ਨਿਓਲਾ noun (small carnivore of the family Herpestidae)

Romanian

1 entries

mangustă noun (small carnivore of the family Herpestidae)

Russian

1 entries

мангу́ст noun (small carnivore of the family Herpestidae)

Sanskrit

1 entries

नकुल noun (small carnivore of the family Herpestidae)

Senoufo Djimini

1 entries

cɔnnjɔngɔ noun (small carnivore of the family Herpestidae)

Serbo-Croatian

1 entries

mungos noun (small carnivore of the family Herpestidae)

Shona

1 entries

jerenyenje noun (small carnivore of the family Herpestidae)

Slovene

1 entries

mungo noun (small carnivore of the family Herpestidae)

Spanish

1 entries

mangosta noun (small carnivore of the family Herpestidae)

Sundanese

1 entries

ᮜᮞᮥᮔ᮪ noun (small carnivore of the family Herpestidae)

Swahili

1 entries

nguchiro noun (small carnivore of the family Herpestidae)

Swedish

2 entries

mangust noun (small carnivore of the family Herpestidae)
mungo noun (small carnivore of the family Herpestidae)

Tamil

2 entries

கீரி noun (small carnivore of the family Herpestidae)
கீரிப்பிள்ளை noun (small carnivore of the family Herpestidae)

Telugu

1 entries

ముంగిస noun (small carnivore of the family Herpestidae)

Thai

1 entries

พังพอน noun (small carnivore of the family Herpestidae)

Tocharian B

1 entries

nakūle noun (small carnivore of the family Herpestidae)

Turkish

2 entries

firavun faresi noun (small carnivore of the family Herpestidae)
kuyruksüren noun (small carnivore of the family Herpestidae)

Ukrainian

1 entries

мангу́ст noun (small carnivore of the family Herpestidae)

Vietnamese

1 entries

(cầy) mangut noun (small carnivore of the family Herpestidae)

Volapük

1 entries

mungud noun (small carnivore of the family Herpestidae)

Welsh

1 entries

mongŵs noun (small carnivore of the family Herpestidae)

Wolof

1 entries

sikkóor bi noun (small carnivore of the family Herpestidae)

Yoruba

3 entries

agbókotọ́yà noun (small carnivore of the family Herpestidae)
ayẹ̀ noun (small carnivore of the family Herpestidae)
kẹ́kẹ́ noun (small carnivore of the family Herpestidae)

Sample sentences

14 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Never having seen a mongoose, I do not know what they are like.

Source: tatoeba (32307)

I've never seen a mongoose, so I have no idea what it is.

Source: tatoeba (2658384)

We happen to see a mongoose crossing the road. Its tail is bushy and its coat is grayish.

Source: tatoeba (9357894)

The mongoose always stay together as a group.

Source: tatoeba (9831171)

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