whelp

Significat (Anglès)

Noun

1. A young offspring of a various carnivores (canid, ursid, felid, pinniped), especially of a dog or a wolf, the young of a bear or similar mammal (lion, tiger, seal); a pup, wolf cub.
2. (derogatory) An insolent youth; a mere child.
3. (obsolete) A kind of ship.
4. One of several wooden strips to prevent wear on a windlass on a clipper-era ship.
5. A tooth on a sprocket wheel (compare sprocket and cog).

Verb

To give birth.

Intj

Alternative form of welp (“well”).

Conceptes

cadell

cadellar

quissoiar

Sinònims

pup

puppy

cub

give birth to

bear’s cub

bring forth

litter

young animal

sprout

bump

calf

calve

child

🧒

come out

doggie

doggy

edema

engender

generate

give birth

knob

lapdog

lay

lionet

little bear

lump

originate

pimple

procreate

produce

pustule

shoot

sire

snapdragon

suckling

swell

youngster

have young

lay eggs

tumefaction

young one

bring forth cubs

bring forth pups

abscess

bring forth whelps

baby

👶

bear out

beget

blain

born

🐣

Traduccions

chiot

cucciolo

Welpe

cachorro

welp

filhote

μικρό ζώο

γεννώ

petit

σκυλάκι

jong

σκύμνος

κουτάβι

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/wɛlp/

Etimologia (Anglès)

Heretat de anglès mitjà: whelp

Heretat de anglès antic: hwelp

Cognat amb neerlandès: welp

Cognat amb alemany: Welpe

Cognat amb nòrdic antic: hvelpr

Cognat amb noruec nynorsk: kvelp

Cognat amb danès: hvalp

Heretat de anglès mitjà: whelpen

Heretat de anglès antic: hwelpian

In summary

From Middle English whelp, from Old English hwelp, from Proto-West Germanic *hwelp, from Proto-Germanic *hwelpaz (compare Dutch welp, German Welpe, Welfe, Old Norse hvelpr, Norwegian Nynorsk kvelp, Danish hvalp), from pre-Germanic *kʷelbos, of uncertain origin.