vulpine

Betekenis (Engels)

Adj

1. Pertaining to a fox.
2. Having the characteristics of a fox; foxlike; cunning.

Noun

1. Any of certain canids called foxes (including true foxes, arctic foxes and grey foxes), distinguished from canines, which are regarded as similar to dogs and wolves.
2. A person considered cunning.

Sinonieme

vulpecular

artful

wily

cunning

crafty

sly

astute

parlous

sharp

shrewd

subtile

subtle

pawky

foxlike

arch

slyish

cagey

canny

designing

guileful

insidious

leery

Vertalings

vulpin

vosachtig

geslepen

rusé

kurnazca

fuchsartig

listig

vulpino

volpino

🦊

astuto

astuto

pícaro

zorruno

maco

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ˈvʌlpaɪn/

Etimologie (Engels)

Verwante met Wallies: llywarn

Verwante met Antieke Grieks: ἀλώπηξ

Verwante met Armeens: աղուէս

Verwante met Albanees: dhelpër

Verwante met Litaus: vilpišỹs

Verwante met Sanskrit: लोपाश

In summary

Borrowed from Latin vulpīnus (“foxy, fox-like”), from vulpēs, earlier volpēs (“fox”), from Proto-Indo-European *wl(o)p- (“fox”). Cognate with Welsh llywarn (“fox”), Ancient Greek ἀλώπηξ (alṓpēx), Armenian աղուէս (aġuēs), Albanian dhelpër, Lithuanian vilpišỹs (“wildcat”), Sanskrit लोपाश (lopāśa, “jackal, fox”).