cony

Εννοια (Αγγλικός)

1. A rabbit, especially the European rabbit, Oryctolagus cuniculus (formerly known as Lepus cuniculus).
2. (UK, dialectal) Rabbit fur.
3. Locally for other rabbit-like or hyrax-like animals, such as the Cape hyrax (das, dassie) or the pika (Ochotona princeps, formerly Lagomys princeps).
4. Locally for other rabbit-like or hyrax-like animals, such as the Cape hyrax (das, dassie) or the pika (Ochotona princeps, formerly Lagomys princeps).
5. (obsolete) A simpleton; one who may be taken in by a cony-catcher.
6. An edible West Indian fish, a grouper given in different sources as: Epinephelus apua, the hind of Bermuda; nigger-fish, Epinephelus punctatus; Cephalopholis fulva.
7. Any if certain members of family Epinephelidae of Atlantic groupers, such as mutton hamlets, graysby, Cuban coneys, and rooster hinds.
8. (UK, dialectal) A burbot.
9. (obsolete) A woman; a sweetheart.

Έννοιες

κουνέλι

αγριοκούνελο

γούνα κονίκλου

κόνικλος

Συνώνυμα

rabbit

🐰

coney

bunny

hare

pika

dassie

hyrax

das

mouse hare

rock rabbit

pawnshop

the flesh of the rabbit

Μεταφράσεις

lapin

🐰

conejo

🐰

konijn

🐰

Kaninchen

🐰

coniglio

🐰

conill

🐰

coelho

🐰

tavşan

🐰

cuniculus

🐰

xirrnîfk

coneja

kêroşk

Hase

damans

Προφέρεται ως (IPA)

/ˈkəʊ.ni/

Ετυμολογία (Αγγλικός)

Κληρονομήθηκε από Μέσα Αγγλικά: coni

In summary

From Middle English cony, back formation from conies (plural), from Anglo-Norman conis, the plural of connil (“rabbit”), from Latin cunīculus, of unknown origin. Cognate to Dutch konijn, German Kaninchen, Spanish conejo, and Portuguese coelho. The original pronunciation was /ˈkʌni/ (for the spelling, compare honey and money), but the similarity to cunt (and particularly homophony with cunny) led through taboo avoidance both to the word's displacement in the main by rabbit and bunny and to the spelling-pronunciation /ˈkəʊni/ becoming standard.