vulpine

Signification (Anglais)

Adj

1. Pertaining to a fox.
2. Having the characteristics of a fox; foxlike; cunning.

Noun

1. Any of certain canids called foxes (including true foxes, arctic foxes and grey foxes), distinguished from canines, which are regarded as similar to dogs and wolves.
2. A person considered cunning.

Concepts

vulpin

rusé

Synonymes

vulpecular

artful

wily

cunning

crafty

sly

astute

parlous

sharp

shrewd

subtile

subtle

pawky

foxlike

arch

slyish

cagey

canny

designing

guileful

insidious

leery

Traductions

vosachtig

fuchsartig

kurnazca

volpino

🦊

geslepen

vulpino

listig

astuto

astuto

astuto

pícaro

zorruno

maco

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈvʌlpaɪn/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Appartenant à gallois: llywarn

Appartenant à grec ancien: ἀλώπηξ

Appartenant à arménien: աղուէս

Appartenant à albanais: dhelpër

Appartenant à lituanien: vilpišỹs

Appartenant à sanskrit: लोपाश

In summary

Borrowed from Latin vulpīnus (“foxy, fox-like”), from vulpēs, earlier volpēs (“fox”), from Proto-Indo-European *wl(o)p- (“fox”). Cognate with Welsh llywarn (“fox”), Ancient Greek ἀλώπηξ (alṓpēx), Armenian աղուէս (aġuēs), Albanian dhelpër, Lithuanian vilpišỹs (“wildcat”), Sanskrit लोपाश (lopāśa, “jackal, fox”).