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vulpes

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(Anglès)

(declension-3) a fox, vixen
(declension-3, figuratively) smartness, strategy, quick thinking, adaptability, craftiness, cunning, cleverness, wisdom
(declension-3) a kind of shark

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

[ˈwʊɫ.peːs]

From earlier volpēs, from Proto-Italic *wolpis, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wl(o)p- ~ *h₂ulp- (“(red) fox”) (compare Sanskrit लोपाश (lopāśá), Breton louarn, Lithuanian lãpė, Ancient Greek ἀλώπηξ (alṓpēx), Persian روباه (rubâh)), with an analogous gender change. Possibly a conflation with earlier words for "wolf"; see wĺ̥kʷos.