renard

Betekenis

1. fox (small carnivore)
2. crafty, purposeful and cunning character
3. (slang) flatulence
4. ancient navigation tool: circular, wooden or copper plate, which enables the helmsman to keep a record of wind conditions by inserting pegs at specific positions
5. hardly detectable cracks or holes causing a water tank or pond to empty itself

Geslacht

♂️ Mannelijk

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/ʁə.naʁ/

Etymologie

Inherited from Middle French renard, from Old French renart, the name of the fox in the medieval Roman de Renart. A Germanic personal name, from Frankish *Raginahardu, from Proto-Germanic *Raginaharduz, from *raginą (“counsel”) + *harduz (“hard, strong”). Compare German Reinhard, whence Reineke (name of the fox, after the same tale). Displaced goupil (from Latin vulpecula), possibly by way of taboo avoidance.