vulpo
Esperanto
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Vulpo
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin vulpēs.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈvulpo]
- Audio:
(file) - Rhymes: -ulpo
- Hyphenation: vul‧po
Noun
vulpo (accusative singular vulpon, plural vulpoj, accusative plural vulpojn)
- fox
- 1910, L. L. Zamenhof, Proverbaro Esperanta:
- Se vulpo pentofaras, gardu la kokidojn.
- If a fox does penance, guard the chicks.
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Hypernyms
- kanisedo (“canid”)
Hyponyms
- virvulpo (idiomatic) (a male fox)
- vulpido (“fox cub”)
- vulpidino (“female fox cub”)
- vulpino (“vixen”)