volpe

Corsican

Una volpe.

Alternative forms

• vorpe, volpi, vulpi

Etymology

From Latin vulpes, from Proto-Italic *wolpis, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wl(o)p. Cognates include Italian volpe and Romanian vulpe.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvolpe/

Noun

volpe f (plural volpi)

1. fox (Vulpes vulpes)

   Synonyms: mammacara, codipinnacciuta, codilonga

2. (figurative) a malicious person

References

• “volpe, vorpe, volpi, vulpi” in INFCOR: Banca di dati di a lingua corsa

Galician

Etymology

From Latin vulpēs.

Noun

volpe m (plural volpes)

1. fox

Further reading

• “volpe” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).

Italian

Etymology

From Latin vulpēs (accusative vulpem) from earlier volpēs, from Proto-Italic *wolpis, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wl(o)p ~ *h₂ulp (“(red) fox”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvol.pe/
• Rhymes: -olpe
• Hyphenation: vól‧pe

Noun

volpe f (plural volpi, diminutive volpétta or volpìna or volpìno m or volpicèlla or volpicìno m, augmentative volpóna or volpóne m, pejorative volpàccia; (always figurative) volponàccia or volponàccio m, diminutive-augmentative volpacchiòtta or volpacchiòtto)

1. fox, vixen
2. a crafty person

Derived terms

• volpacchiotto
• volpeggiare
• volpicino
• volpino
• volpone

 

Further reading

• volpe in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
• volpe in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
• volpe in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
• vólpe in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication

Anagrams

• polve

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈu̯ol.pe/, [ˈu̯ɔɫ̪pɛ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈvol.pe/, [ˈvɔlpe]

Noun

volpe

1. ablative singular of volpēs