vulpine
Meaningfox-like
Common meaning: foxlike
Other meanings: crafty
- vulpa foxLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. · scan
- ineadjective ending: of the nature of
Journey through time
- Latinvulpēs, -is‘a fox’
- Frenchvulpin
- Englishvulpine‘foxlike’ · today
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
- UK IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.
- US IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.
Origin: Built on Latin vulpēs ‘a fox’.
Roots
- vulpēs, -is Latin “a fox”
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