vulpes

Meaning

1. (declension-3) a fox, vixen
2. (declension-3, figuratively) smartness, strategy, quick thinking, adaptability, craftiness, cunning, cleverness, wisdom
3. (declension-3) a kind of shark

Concepts

fox

🦊

vixen

craftiness

red fox

callidity

Synonyms

vulpecula

astus

Translations

Fuchs

🦊

renard

🦊

tilki

🦊

raposa

🦊

zorro

🦊

volpe

🦊

αλεπού

guineu

🦊

vos

🦊

zorra

ثعلب

🦊

rabosa

goupil

🦊

guèine

Pronounced as (IPA)

[ˈwʊɫ.peːs]

Etymology

From earlier volpēs, from Proto-Italic *wolpis, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wl(o)p- ~ *h₂ulp- (“(red) fox”) (compare Sanskrit लोपाश (lopāśá), Breton louarn, Lithuanian lãpė, Ancient Greek ἀλώπηξ (alṓpēx), Persian روباه (rubâh)), with an analogous gender change. Possibly a conflation with earlier words for "wolf"; see wĺ̥kʷos.