vulpine

Betekenis (Engels)

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.

Concepten

vosachtig

geslepen

listig

Synoniemen

vulpecular

artful

wily

cunning

crafty

sly

astute

parlous

sharp

shrewd

subtile

subtle

pawky

foxlike

arch

slyish

cagey

canny

designing

guileful

insidious

leery

Vertalingen

vulpin

volpino

🦊

kurnazca

vulpino

rusé

fuchsartig

scaltro

astuto

astuto

astuto

pícaro

zorruno

maco

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/ˈvʌlpaɪn/

Etymologie (Engels)

Verwant aan Welsh: llywarn

Verwant aan Oudgrieks: ἀλώπηξ

Verwant aan Armeens: աղուէս

Verwant aan Albanees: dhelpër

Verwant aan Litouws: vilpišỹs

Verwant aan Sanskriet: 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”).