Feminine

onça

Meaning

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

Frequency

C1
Pronounced as (IPA)
[ˈɔn.sə]
Etymology

In summary

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

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