Vizsla
See also: vizsla
English
Etymology
From Hungarian vizsla, itself probably a borrowing from a Slavic language; compare Serbo-Croatian vižao/вижао, Czech vyžle, Polish wyżeł, wyga (“old dog”), Russian выжла (vyžla).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈviʒlə/
Noun
Vizsla (plural Vizslas or Vizslak or Vizslák)
- A dog breed originating in Hungary.
- 2008 February 24, William Safire, “Bird-Dog Minute”, in New York Times:
- A bird dog, according to David Smith of the National Bird Dog Museum, can include such breeds as the English pointer and setter, the American Brittany, the German short-haired pointer and the vizsla.
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Synonyms
- Hungarian Vizsla
- Hungarian Pointer
- Magyar Vizsla
Translations
dog breed
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See also
- Wire-haired Vizsla
- Vizsla on Wikipedia.Wikipedia