bloodhound

English

Alternative forms

blood-hound
bloudhound, bloud-hound (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English blodhound, blodhond, equivalent to blood +‎ hound. Cognate with Dutch bloedhond (“bloodhound”), Middle Low German blōthunt (“bloodhound”), German Bluthund (“bloodhound”), Danish blodhund (“bloodhound”), Swedish blodhund (“bloodhound”). The detective sense follows from the dog's ability to follow a trail.

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˈblʌdhaʊnd/

Noun

bloodhound (plural bloodhounds)

A large scenthound famed for its ability to follow a scent many days old, over vast distances. This dog is often used as a police dog to track missing people, fleeing suspects, or escaped prisoners.
(figuratively) A detective or other person skilled at finding people or clues.
(archaic) A bloodthirsty person.

Related terms

bloodhoundish

Translations

dog

Bulgarian: ловджийско куче (lovdžijsko kuče)
Catalan: gos coniller m
Czech: bloodhound (cs) m
Danish: blodhund c
Dutch: bloedhond (nl) m
Erzya: верьбине (verʹbine)
Esperanto: spurhundo
Finnish: vihikoira (fi)
French: limier (fr) m
German: Bluthund (de) m, Bluthündin f, Schweißhund (de) m, Schweißhündin f, (Swiss German) Schweisshund (de) m, Schweisshündin f, Bloodhound m
Greek: λαγωνικό (el) n (lagonikó)
Hawaiian: ʻīlio hanu kanaka
Hungarian: véreb (hu)
Irish: madra fola m
Italian: segugio (it) m
Kyrgyz: жойчу (ky) f (coyçu)

Malay:
Jawi: انجيڠ ڤمبورو داره‎
Rumi: anjing pemburu darah
Manx: coo folley m
Norwegian:
Bokmål: blodhund (no) m
Nynorsk: blodhund (no) m
Polish: ogar (pl)
Portuguese: sabujo (pt) m
Russian: ище́йка (ru) f (iščéjka)
Spanish: sabueso (es) m
Sudovian: slidenīkas m
Swedish: blodhund (sv) c
Volapük: bludadog (vo)
Welsh: gwaetgi m

informal: detective

Bulgarian: детектив m (detektiv), таен агент (taen agent)
Finnish: verikoira (fi)
French: limier (fr) m, détective (fr) m
German: Detektiv (de) m, Detektivin (de) f, Schnüffler (de) m, Schnüfflerin f

Greek: λαγωνικό (el) n (lagonikó)
Italian: segugio (it) m
Russian: сы́щик (ru) m (sýščik), детекти́в (ru) m (detektív), ище́йка (ru) f (iščéjka) (usually pejorative)

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Translations to be checked

Russian: ище́йка (ru) m (iščéjka)

Spanish: sabueso (es) m