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A red fox (
Vulpes vulpes).
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[edit] Etymology
Old English fox, from West Germanic *fukhs, from Proto-Germanic *fuhsaz, from Proto-Indo-European *puk-so-, from Proto-Indo-European *puk- (“‘tail’”). Cognates include German Fuchs, West Frisian foks, and Dutch vos.
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Singular
fox
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Plural
foxes
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fox (plural foxes)
- A red fox, small carnivore (Vulpes vulpes), related to dogs and wolves, with red or silver fur and a bushy tail.
- Any of numerous species of small wild canids resembling the red fox. In the taxonomy they form the genus Vulpes within the family Canidae, consisting of nine genera (see the Wikipedia article on the fox).
- A fox terrier.
- A cunning person.
- (slang) An attractive man or woman.
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terms derived from the noun 'fox'
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Vulpes vulpes
- Afrikaans: vos jakkals
- Ainu: チロヌッㇷ゚ , チロヌップ (chironnup)
- Alabama: chola
- Albanian: dhelpër f.
- Arabic: ثعلب (θáʕlab) m.
- Arapaho: nouː, beːχou
- Armenian: աղվես hy(hy) (aġves)
- Old Armenian: աղուէս (ałuēs)
- Azeri: tülkü az(az)
- Basque: azeri
- Belarusian: ліса (łisa) f.
- Bosnian: lisica f., lisac m.
- Breton: louarn m., louarned pl.
- Bulgarian: лисица bg(bg) (lisitsa) f.
- CJKV Characters: 貔, 豼, 狸, 貍
- Carrier: naŋʌz
- Catalan: guineu f., guilla f., rabosa f.
- Chamicuro: tus̈huli
- Cherokee: ᏧᎳ chr(chr) (tsula)
- Chinese: 狐狸 (húlí)
- Choctaw: chula
- Cree: ᒪᕁᐁᓰᐢ (mahkesiis)
- Creek: culv
- Crimean Tatar: tilki
- Croatian: lisica hr(hr) f.
- Czech: liška cs(cs) f.
- Danish: ræv da(da) c.
- Dutch: vos nl(nl) m.
- Erzya: ривезь (rivezj)
- Esperanto: vulpo eo(eo)
- Estonian: rebane et(et)
- Ewe: abei n.
- Faroese: revur m.
- Finnish: kettu fi(fi)
- Flathead: χʷaχʷáʕ
- French: renard m., goupil m. (archaic)
- Friulian: bolp m., volp m.
- Galician: raposo m., golpe m.
- Georgian: მელა ka(ka) (mela), მელია ka(ka) (melia)
- German: Fuchs de(de) m.
- Gothic: 𐍆𐌰𐌿𐌷𐍉 (faúhō)
- Greek:
- Ancient: ἀλώπηξ (alōpēx) f., ἀλωπός (alōpos) m.
- Modern: αλεπού (alepú) f., αλουπού (alupú) f. (obsolete)
- Hebrew: שׁוּעָל (šu‘al) m.
- Hindi: लोमड़ी hi(hi)
- Hungarian: róka hu(hu)
- Icelandic: refur is(is) m., tófa is(is) f.
- Indonesian: rubah
- Inuktitut: ᑎᕆᒐᓐᓂᐊᖅ (tiriganniaq)
- Irish: sionnach ga(ga) m., madra rua ga(ga) m.
- Italian: volpe it(it) f.
- Japanese: 狐 (きつね, kitsune)
- Kazakh: түлкі kk(kk) (tülki)
- Klamath-Modoc: w̓an
- Korean: 여우 (yeou)
- Kurdish: رێوی ku(ku)
- Kyrgyz: түлкү ky(ky) (tülkü)
- Ladin: volp m.
- Lakota: tokalu, šungila
- Lao: ຈິກຈອກ lo(lo) (cikcöök)
- Latin: vulpes la(la) f.
- Latvian: lapsa
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- Lenape: ɔkwǝs
- Lithuanian: lapė lt(lt) f., lapinas lt(lt) m.
- Lower Sorbian: liška f.
- Macedonian: лисица (lisica) f.
- Maltese: volpi mt(mt) f.
- Manx: shynnagh gv(gv)
- Marathi: कोल्हा mr(mr) (kolhā)
- Middle Dutch: vos m.
- Middle English: foxe
- Middle High German: vuhs (also, vuohs)
- Middle Low German: vos (also, vohe; vō)
- Mingo: unõˀkwatkwá
- Mohawk: tsitsho
- Moksha: келазь (kelazj)
- Navajo: mąʼii łiitsohí
- Norwegian: rev no(no) m.
- Novial: foxe
- Occitan: mandra oc(oc) f., rainal oc(oc) m., guèine oc(oc) m.
- Ojibwe: ᐙᑯᔥ (waagosh)
- Old English: fox ang(ang) m.
- Old High German: fuhs, fō̮ha
- Old Norse: fōa
- Ossetian:
- Digor: робас (robas)
- Iron: рувас (ruvas)
- Papago: gaso
- Pawnee: kiwʌ́ku
- Persian: روباه fa(fa) (rubah)
- Polish: lis pl(pl) m.
- Portuguese: raposa pt(pt) f.
- Romagnolo: vùlpa f.
- Romani: hilpa f.
- Romanian: vulpe ro(ro) f.
- Romansch: vulp f.
- Russian: лиса ru(ru) (lisá) f., лисица ru(ru) (lisítsa) f., лис ru(ru) (lis) m.
- Sami: rieban
- Sardinian: mrexani, fraitzu, liori, grupi
- Scottish Gaelic: sionnach m.
- Serbian:
- Cyrillic: лисица f., лисaц m.
- Roman: lisica f., lisac m.
- Seri: χæːs
- Sicilian: vurpi scn(scn) f.
- Slovak: líška f.
- Slovene: lisica f., lisjak m.
- Spanish: zorro es(es) m., zorra es(es) f.
- Sumerian: ka₅
- Swahili: mbweha sw(sw)
- Swedish: räv sv(sv) c.
- Tamil: நரி (nari)
- Taos: tùxwána
- Tatar: төлке tt(tt)
- Telugu: నక్క (nakka)
- Thai: จิ้งจอก (jîngjòk)
- Tlingit: nɑġʌs’é
- Turkish: tilki tr(tr)
- Ukrainian: лис (lys) m., лисиця (lysytsja) f.
- Upper Sorbian: liška f.
- Urdu: please add this translation if you can
- Vietnamese: cáo vi(vi)
- Welsh: (Southern) cadno cy(cy) m., (Northern) llwynog cy(cy) m.
- West Frisian: foks m.
- Yiddish: פֿוקס yi(yi) (fuks) m.
- Yucatec: ohč
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any of the species in the tribe Vulpini
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Infinitive
to fox
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Third person singular
foxes
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Simple past
foxed
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Past participle
foxed
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Present participle
foxing
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to fox (third-person singular simple present foxes, present participle foxing, simple past and past participle foxed)
- (transitive) To trick, fool or outwit (someone) by cunning or ingenuity.
- (transitive) To confuse or baffle (someone).
- This crossword puzzle has completely foxed me.
- (intransitive) To act slyly or craftily.
- (intransitive) To discolour paper. Fox marks are spots on paper caused by humidity.
- The pages of the book show distinct foxing.
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[edit] Etymology
From Germanic *fuhsa- < Indo-European *puk-, *peuk- (‘bushy hair’). Cognate with Old Saxon vuhs (Dutch vos), Old High German fuhs (German Fuchs). A North Germanic variant *fuhō- gave Old Norse fóa, Norn fūa. The IE root was also the source of Avestan pusa- (‘plait’), Slavic *puxъ (Russian пух ‘fuzz’), Baltic *pausti- (Lithuanian paustìs ‘fur’).
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fox m.
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