volpe
Corsican
Una volpe.
Alternative forms
- vorpe, volpi, vulpi
Etymology
From Latin vulpes, from Proto-Italic *wolpis, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wl(o)p. Cognates include Italian volpe and Romanian vulpe.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈvolpe/
Noun
volpe f (plural volpi)
- fox (Vulpes vulpes)
- Synonyms: mammacara, codipinnacciuta, codilonga
- (figuratively) a malicious person
References
- “volpe, vorpe, volpi, vulpi” in INFCOR: Banca di dati di a lingua corsa
Galician
Etymology
From Latin vulpēs.
Noun
volpe m (plural volpes)
- fox
Further reading
- “volpe” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
Italian
Etymology
From Latin vulpēs (accusative vulpem) from earlier volpēs, from Proto-Italic *wolpis, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wl(o)p ~ *h₂ulp (“(red) fox”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈvol.pe/
- Rhymes: -olpe
- Hyphenation: vól‧pe
Noun
volpe f (plural volpi, diminutive volpétta or volpìna or volpìno m or volpicèlla or volpicìno m, augmentative volpóna or volpóne m, pejorative volpàccia; (always figurative) volponàccia or volponàccio m, diminutive-augmentative volpacchiòtta or volpacchiòtto)
- fox, vixen
- a crafty person
Derived terms
- volpacchiotto
- volpeggiare
- volpicino
- volpino
- volpone
Further reading
- volpe in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
- volpe in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
- volpe in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
- vólpe in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
Anagrams
- polve
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈu̯ol.pe/, [ˈu̯ɔɫ̪pɛ]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈvol.pe/, [ˈvɔlpe]
Noun
volpe
- ablative singular of volpēs