Vizsla

See also: vizsla

English

A Vizsla

Etymology

From Hungarian vizsla, itself probably a borrowing from a Slavic language; compare Serbo-Croatian vižao/вижао, Czech vyžle, Polish wyżeł, wyga (“old dog”), Russian выжла (vyžla).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈviʒlə/

Noun

Vizsla (plural Vizslas or Vizslak or Vizslák)

1. A dog breed originating in Hungary.
   • 2008 February 24, William Safire, “Bird-Dog Minute”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     A bird dog, according to David Smith of the National Bird Dog Museum, can include such breeds as the English pointer and setter, the American Brittany, the German short-haired pointer and the vizsla.

Synonyms

• Hungarian Vizsla
• Hungarian Pointer
• Magyar Vizsla

Derived terms

• Wirehaired Vizsla

 

Translations

dog breed

• Finnish: unkarinvizsla
• Hungarian: vizsla (hu)
• Japanese: ビーシュラ (bīshura)

See also

• Wire-haired Vizsla
• Vizsla on Wikipedia.Wikipedia