feral cat

English

Noun

feral cat (plural feral cats)

1. (zoology) A domestic cat that has returned to or was born in a living situation without human care.

Synonyms

• stray, stray cat
• community cat (euphemistic)
• alley cat (urban contexts)
• barn cat (country contexts)
• farm cat (country contexts)
• wild cat (country contexts)
• wildcat (imprecise)
• estray (unknown owner)

Translations

domesticated cat returned to the wild

• Catalan: gat assilvestrat m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 野貓／野猫 (zh) (yěmāo)

• Finnish: villiintynyt kissa, villikissa (fi)
• French: chat haret (fr) m
• German: Streunerkatze (de) f, wilde Katze f, verwilderte Katze f
• Haitian Creole: chat mawon
• Italian: gatto randagio m, gatto selvatico m
• Japanese: 野良猫 (ja) (noraneko), 野猫 (ja) (のねこ, noneko)
• Polish: zdziczały kot m, dachowiec (pl) m
• Russian: ди́кая ко́шка f (díkaja kóška)
• Spanish: gato asilvestrado m
• Vietnamese: mèo hoang, mèo mả

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