フェネック狐

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Japanese

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Kanji in this term
きつね > ぎつね
Hyōgai
kun'yomi

Etymology

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フェネック (fenekku, fennec) +‎ (kitsune, fox). The kitsune changes to gitsune as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ɸe̞ne̞k̚kɯ̟ɡʲit͡sɨne̞]

Noun

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フェネック(ぎつね) or フェネック(ギツネ) (fenekku-gitsune

  1. (rare) a fennec fox

Usage notes

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The shorter form フェネック (fenekku) is much more common.

Synonyms

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