How to pronounce cougar
American English pronunciation
KOO-ger
- IPA
- /ˈkuɡɚ/
- Syllables
- KOO · ger (2 syllables, stress on the 1st)
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What cougar means
A large wild cat of the Americas; a mountain lion
In a sentence: We found cougar tracks in the snow on our mountain hike.
Where it comes from: It came from French, which got it from Portuguese spoken in Brazil. That goes back to the cat's name in Tupi, an old language of South America.
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