silver fox

silver fox

English

Noun

silver fox (plural silver foxes)

1. A red fox (Vulpes vulpes) with pale yellow or (rarely) silver to black fur.
2. A domestic rabbit of a rare breed with silvery-black fur.
3. (idiomatic) An attractive man who has graying hair.

Coordinate terms

(attractive man with graying hair):

• silver vixen

Derived terms

• silver-foxy

Translations

fox with pale yellow fur

Chinese: Mandarin: 銀狐／银狐 (zh) (yínhú) French: renard argenté m German: Silberfuchs m, Silberfüchsin f Japanese: ギンギツネ (ja) (gingitsune) Romanian: vulpe argintie (ro) f Russian: чёрно-бу́рая лиса́ f (čórno-búraja lisá), чернобу́рка (ru) f (černobúrka) Spanish: zorro plateado m Swedish: silverräv (sv) c Volapük: largentarenar

References

The Silver Fox?  What Women Think About Gray Hair by Marcy Barack in MSN's Lifestyle: Boomers.