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civet
- /ˈsɪ.vɪt/
Rhymes with -ɪvɪt
Where it comes from
From French civette, from Italian zibetto, from Medieval Latin zibethum, from Arabic زَبَاد (zabād).
noun civets
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Any of the small carnivorous catlike mammals encompassing certain species from the families Viverridae, Eupleridae, and Nandiniidae, native to tropical Africa and Asia.
Similar: civet cat
- The musky perfume produced by the animal; civetone. LEONATO. Indeed he looks younger than he did, by the loss of a beard. DON PEDRO. Nay, a' rubs himself with civet: can you smell him out by that? CLAUDIO. That's as much as to say the sweet youth's in love.
- A spotted skunk. I believe other animals are the same; but skunk and civet are not so particular what they eat; anything half decomposed or rotten will answer.
- A ringtail (Bassariscus astutus). The civet, Bassariscus astutus flavus, a new host for Uncinaria lotoris.— Several specimens of this hookworm, described by Schwartz (1925) from Procyon lotor, were found in the small intestine of the civet or ring-tailed cat at College Station, Texas, by the writer December 15, 1925.
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noun perfume
| Español | almizcle |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 麝貓香 /麝猫香 shèmāoxiāng |
| हिन्दी | जुबाद jubād |
| Kiswahili | zabadi |
| Português | algália |
| Deutsch | Zibet |
| Ελληνικά | μόσχος móschos |
| Русский | цибети́н cibetín |
noun cat-like animal
| Español | civeta |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 사향고양이 sahyanggoyang'i |
| 日本語 | 麝香猫 jakōneko, 霊猫 reibyō |
| 中文 | 麝貓 /麝猫 shèmāo, 麝香貓 /麝香猫 shèxiāngmāo, 靈貓 /灵猫 língmāo |
| हिन्दी | मुश्क बिलाई muśk bilāī, मुश्कबिलाव muśkabilāv, गंधबिलाव gandhbilāv, गन्धमार्जार gandhamārjār, जुबाद jubād, कस्तूरी बिलाव kastūrī bilāv |
| Kiswahili | ngawa |
| Português | civeta, gato-de-algália |
| Français | civette |
| Deutsch | Zibetkatze |
| Italiano | zibetto |
| Ελληνικά | μοσχογαλή η κιβέττη moschogalí i kivétti |
| Română | zibetă |
| Русский | виве́рра vivérra, циве́тта civétta |
| Tiếng Việt | cầy |
| العربية | زَبَاد zabād |
Talk about this word "civet." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/civet. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. civet. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/civet "civet." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/civet.Cite this
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title = {civet},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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