vulpine

Meaning

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.

Synonyms

vulpecular

artful

wily

cunning

crafty

sly

astute

parlous

sharp

shrewd

subtile

subtle

pawky

foxlike

arch

slyish

cagey

canny

designing

guileful

insidious

leery

Translations

vulpin

vosachtig

geslepen

rusé

kurnazca

fuchsartig

listig

vulpino

volpino

🦊

astuto

astuto

pícaro

zorruno

maco

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈvʌlpaɪn/

Etymology

Cognate with Welsh: llywarn

Cognate with Ancient Greek: ἀλώπηξ

Cognate with Armenian: աղուէս

Cognate with Albanian: dhelpër

Cognate with Lithuanian: vilpišỹs

Cognate with 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”).