English
Etymology
Middle English fox, Old English fox, from common Germanic *fuhsaz, from Proto-Indo-European *puk-so-, derived from *peuk- "thick-haired". Cognates include German Fuchs, Frisian foks , and Dutch vos.
Pronunciation
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| IPA | /fɑks/ | /fɔks/ | /fɒks/
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| SAMPA | /fAks/ | /fOks/ | /fQks/
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Noun
fox (plural foxes, feminine vixen)
- A small carnivore (Vulpes vulpes), the red (or silver) fox, related to dogs and wolves, with red or silver fur and a bushy tail.
- Any of numerous species of small wild canids similar to the red fox, this term describing members of at least five genera (see the Wikipedia article on the fox ).
- Short form of fox terrier.
- A cunning person.
- (slang) An attractive woman.
Translations
animal
- Albanian: dhelpra
- Anglo-Saxon: fox m
- Arabic: ثعلب (thaʿlab)
- Basque: azeri
- Belarusian: ліса (lisa)
- Bosnian: lisica f, lisac m
- Breton: louarn m lern / -ed pl
- Bulgarian: лисица (lisica) f
- Catalan: guineu , guilla , rabosa
- Chinese Characters: 貔 (pí), 豼 (huān), 狸 (lí), 貍 (lí)
- Chinese: 狐狸 (húlí)
- Chumash (Inezeño): knɨy
- Croatian: lisica
- Czech: liška f
- Danish: ræv
- Dutch: vos m
- Esperanto: vulpo
- Estonian: rebane
- Faroese: revur
- Farsi: روباه (rubah)
- Finnish: kettu
- French: renard m
- Frisian: foks
- Friulian: bolp , volp
- Galician: raposo , golpe
- German: Fuchs m
- Greek, Ancient: ἀλώπηξ (alōpēx) f
- Greek, Modern: αλεπού (alepu) f
- Hebrew: שועל (Shu'al) m
- Hungarian: róka
- Icelandic: refur , tófa
- Indonesian: rubah
- Irish: sionnach , madra rua
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- Italian: volpe f
- Japanese: 狐 (きつね , kitsune)
- KiSwahili: mbweha
- Korean: 여우 (yeou)
- Ladin: volp
- Latin: vulpes f
- Latvian: lapsa
- Lithuanian: lapė f, lapinas m
- Lower Sorbian: liška
- Macedonian: лисица (lisica)
- Maltese: volpi
- Norwegian: rev
- Occitan: rainald
- Polish: lis
- Portuguese: raposa
- Romanian: vulpe
- Romansh: vulp
- Romany: xulpa f
- Russian: лис (lis), лиса (lisa), лисица (lisica) f
- Sami: rieban
- Sardinian: mrexani , fraitzu , liori , grupi
- Scottish: sionnach
- Serbian: лисица (lisica)
- Slovak: líška
- Slovenian: lisica f, lisjak m
- Spanish: zorro m
- Swedish: räv c
- Turkish: tilki
- Ukrainian: лис (lys) m, лисиця (lysycia) f
- Upper Sorbian: liška
- Welsh: cadno , llwynog
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animal similar to the red fox
fox terrier
cunning person
- Bosnian: lisica
- Czech: lišák m
- German: Fuchs m
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attractive woman
Derived terms
See also
