pantera

Borrowed from Latin panthēra.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [pənˈte.ɾə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [panˈte.ɾa]

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• Rhymes: -eɾa
• Hyphenation: pan‧te‧ra

pantera f (plural panteres)

1. panther
2. (heraldry) panther

• pantera de les neus
• pantera negra

• “pantera”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

• IPA^(key): /panˈtɛɾa/ [pan̪ˈt̪ɛ.ɾɐ]
• Rhymes: -ɛɾa
• Hyphenation: pan‧te‧ra

pantera f (plural panteras)

1. panther

• “pantera”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026

From Latin panthēra.

• IPA^(key): /panˈtɛ.ra/
• Rhymes: -ɛra
• Hyphenation: pan‧tè‧ra

pantera f (plural pantere)

1. panther

   Synonym: leopardo

2. Italian police car

   Synonym: volante

• parante, paterna, prenata, rapante, tarpane

Borrowed from Polish pantera.

• IPA^(key): /panˈtɛ.ra/
• Rhymes: -ɛra
• Syllabification: pan‧te‧ra

pantera f

1. panther (any species of the genus Panthera, but specifically a melanistic one)
2. synonym of lampart (“leopard”)

• When referring to a female panther (or leopard) specifically, the feminine equivalent panterzëca may be used.

• Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011), “pantera”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi‎^[1]

Via other European languages, ultimately borrowed from Latin panthēra, from Ancient Greek πάνθηρ (pánthēr, “panther”).

pantera f (4th declension)

1. panther (large cats of genera Panthera and Puma, especially leopards and cougars)

   melnā pantera ― black panther

   nesen gan ciemā esot ielavījusies pantera un nozagusi kādu bērnu ― not long ago, they say a panther had attacked the village and stolen a child

   Maksis ir lokans un spēcīgs kā pantera ― Max is flexible and strong like a panther

• panteru mušmire

• jaguārs
• lauva
• leopards
• tīģeris

From Latin panthēra.

pantera f (plural panteras)

1. panther

• “pantera”, in Pallabreiru Llïonés [Leonese Dictionary] (in Spanish), 2026

pantera

1. alternative form of pantere (“panther”)

Internationalism; compare English panther, French panthère, German Panther, ultimately from Latin panthēra, from Ancient Greek πάνθηρ (pánthēr).^[1][2] First attested in 1568.^[3]

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• Rhymes: -ɛra
• Syllabification: pan‧te‧ra
• Homophone: Pantera

pantera f (diminutive panterka)

1. panther (any of various big cats with black fur; most especially, the black-coated leopard of India)
2. panther (any big cat of the genus Panthera)
3. leopard (Panthera pardus)

   Synonyms: lampart, lampart plamisty, leopard, rysiec

4. (military, historical) type of German tank used in World War II

• “pantera”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎^[2] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• “pantera”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[3] (in Polish)
• Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807–1814), “pantera”, in Słownik języka polskiego
• Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861), “pantera”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861
• A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1908), “pantera”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 4, Warsaw, page 40

From Latin panthēra.

• Rhymes: -ɛɾɐ
• Hyphenation: pan‧te‧ra

pantera f (plural panteras)

1. panther (big cat of genus Panthera)

• “pantera”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “pantera” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “pantera”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
• “pantera”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

From Latin panthēra.

• IPA^(key): /panˈteɾa/ [pãn̪ˈt̪e.ɾa]

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• Rhymes: -eɾa
• Syllabification: pan‧te‧ra

pantera f (plural panteras)

1. panther
2. (mythology, heraldry) panther

• yaguar
• yaguareté

• “pantera”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025