vulpo

Esperanto

Vulpo

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂wl̥p-i-s

Proto-Italic *wolpis

Latin volpēs

Latin vulpēsbor.

Esperanto vulpo

Borrowed from Latin vulpēs.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvulpo/

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• Rhymes: -ulpo
• Syllabification: vul‧po

Noun

vulpo (accusative singular vulpon, plural vulpoj, accusative plural vulpojn)

1. fox
   • 1910, L. L. Zamenhof, Proverbaro Esperanta:

     Se vulpo pentofaras, gardu la kokidojn.

     If a fox does penance, guard the chicks.

Hypernyms

• kanisedo (“canid”)

Hyponyms

• virvulpo (idiomatic) (a male fox)
• vulpido (“fox cub”)
• vulpidino (“female fox cub”)
• vulpino (“vixen”)