wilk

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Meaning

  1. wolf
  2. (colloquial) male wolf, he-wolf
  3. (colloquial) German Shepherd
  4. (colloquial) wolfskin

Frequency

C1
Gender
♂️ Masculine
Pronounced as (IPA)
/vilk/
Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *vьlkъ. Sense 2 is a semantic loan from Latin lupus. For the sense “meatgrinder,” compare German Fleischwolf.

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