fennec

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic فَنَك (fanak).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɛnɨk/
  • Homophone: Fenwick

Noun

fennec (plural fennecs)

1. A small fox of the species Vulpes zerda, found in the Sahara (excluding the coast) and having distinctive oversized ears.

Synonyms

• fennec fox

Translations

fennec distribution

fox

• Arabic: فَنَك m (fanak)
• Bulgarian: фенек m (fenek)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 耳廓狐 (zh) (ěrkuòhú), 耳郭狐 (ěrguōhú), 𦗒狐 (guōhú)

• Czech: fenek (cs) m
• Dutch: fennek (nl) m
• Egyptian: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: aavikkokettu (fi)
• French: fennec (fr) m
• Fula: please add this translation if you can
• German: Fennek (de) m
• Hausa: Fennec m
• Hebrew: פֶנֶק m (féneq)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Italian: fennec m
• Japanese: フェネックギツネ (fenekkugitsune), フェネック (ja) (fenekku)
• Mongolian: цөлийн үнэг (cöliin üneg)
• Navajo: Mąʼii bijaaʼtsohí
• Norwegian: ørkenrev m
• Polish: fenek (pl) m
• Portuguese: feneco m
• Romanian: fenec (ro) m
• Russian: фе́нек (ru) m (fének)
• Spanish: fénec m
• Swedish: fennek c, ökenräv c
• Tuareg: please add this translation if you can
• Vietnamese: cáo Fennec, cáo tai to châu Phi
• Wolof: please add this translation if you can

Further reading

• Fennec fox on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Category:Vulpes zerda on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

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Italian

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Arabic فَنَك (fanak).

Noun

fennec m (uncountable)

1. fennec