vulpes

Signification (Anglais)

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

Concepts

renard

🦊

goupil

🦊

roublardise

renard commun

renard roux

renarde

astuce

Synonymes

vulpecula

astus

Traductions

fox

🦊

Fuchs

🦊

αλεπού

tilki

🦊

raposa

🦊

zorro

🦊

volpe

🦊

vos

🦊

guineu

🦊

ثعلب

🦊

zorra

rabosa

guèine

rûvî

Prononcé comme (IPA)

[ˈwʊɫ.peːs]

Étymologie (Anglais)

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.