vulpine

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Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈvʌlpaɪn/

Cognate with Welsh

Cognate with Ancient Greek

Cognate with Armenian

Cognate with Albanian

Cognate with Lithuanian

Cognate with Sanskrit

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”).