whelp

Signification (Anglais)

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”).

Concepts

chiot

petit

lionceau

louveteau

mettre bas

louvetelle

Synonymes

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

🐣

Traductions

Welpe

cucciolo

cachorro

filhote

welp

μικρό ζώο

γεννώ

criança

🧒

jong

σκύμνος

σκυλάκι

σκυλλάκι

κουτάβι

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/wɛlp/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: whelp

Hérité de ancien anglais: hwelp

Appartenant à néerlandais: welp

Appartenant à allemand: Welpe

Appartenant à vieux norrois: hvelpr

Appartenant à norvégien nynorsk: kvelp

Appartenant à danois: hvalp

Hérité de moyen anglais: whelpen

Hérité de ancien anglais: 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.