onça

Significat (Anglès)

a name applied to various large felids, such as the cheetah or the jaguar

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

[ˈɔn.sə]

Etimologia (Anglès)

Manllevat de francès antic: leonce

Manllevat de italià: lonza

Cognat amb anglès: ounce

In summary

From earlier leonça by misdivision, and this from Old French leonce or Italian lonza. Cognate with English ounce (“snow leopard”).