golpelha

Meaning

red fox

Hyphenated as

gol‧pe‧lha

Gender

♀️ Feminine

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɡowˈpe.ʎɐ/

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese golpella, from Latin vulpēcula (“fox kit”), diminutive of vulpēs (“fox”), from earlier volpēs, from Proto-Italic *wolpis, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wl(o)p- ~ *h₂ulp- (“(red) fox”). Cognate with Spanish vulpeja, Asturian vulpeya, Catalan volpell, Occitan volpìlh, Middle French goupil, Old Italian volpiglio.