Home › Words › S › servalserval/ˈsɜːvəl/serval means A medium-sized African wild cat, Leptailurus serval, formerly Felis serval.serval is pronounced /ˈsɜːvəl/.EtymologyFrom French serval, from Portuguese (lobo) cerval (“Iberian lynx”), from Latin lupus cervārius (literally “stag wolf”), i.e. "wolf that hunts stags", from cervus (“deer, stag”).nounA medium-sized African wild cat, Leptailurus serval, formerly Felis serval.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).