Masculine
renard
- (masculine) fox (small carnivore)
- (figuratively, masculine) crafty, purposeful and cunning character
- (masculine, slang) flatulence
- (masculine) 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
- (masculine) hardly detectable cracks or holes causing a water tank or pond to empty itself
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ʁə.naʁ/
Etymology
In summary
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.
play a trick on
European red fox
play a joke on
alopex
urocyon
vulpes
pull a fast one on
zorro
volpe
raposa
vos
tilki
αλεπού
vulpes
guineu
mandra
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