vulpes

Significado (Inglés)

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

Sinónimos

vulpecula

astus

Traducións

fox

🦊

Fuchs

🦊

renard

🦊

zorro

🦊

raposa

🦊

tilki

🦊

volpe

🦊

αλεπού

vos

🦊

guineu

🦊

zorra

ثعلب

🦊

goupil

🦊

rabosa

Pronúnciase como (IPA)

[ˈwʊɫ.peːs]

Etimoloxía (Inglés)

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.