Collective noun

pride

Also spelled Pryde (1486)

What do you call a group of lions or cats?

a pride of lions · a pride of cats

Used for
2 subjects
Categories
Animals
Subcategories
Mammals
Type
Specific
Best confidence
high

Definition

  1. A company of lions or other large felines or similar animals.

Other senses of the word: pride on Wiktionary

Usage as a collective noun

a pride of lions

Book of St Albans
Subject
lion (lions)
Category
Animals → Mammals
Confidence
high
Attestation
historical-source, wikipedia-cited, wiktionary-attested
Also spelled
Pryde (1486)
7 sources
  1. Wikipedia - List of animal names
  2. Zoological Society of San Diego - Animal group names
  3. U.S. Geological Survey Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center - Common Questions: What Do You Call a Group of...?
  4. Oxford Dictionaries - What do you call a group of ...?
  5. Wiktionary - pride
  6. Wiktionary - Appendix:English collective nouns
  7. Book of Saint Albans (1486) - The companyes of bestys & foules

a pride of cats

Context-dependentFanciful / unverified
Subject
cat (cats)
Category
Animals → Mammals
Context
big cats
Confidence
low
Attestation
wikipedia-uncited
Also spelled
Pryde (1486)
1 source
  1. Wikipedia - List of animal names

Related words

Other groups of lions

sawt

Other groups of cats

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