English Etymology Middle English fox, Old English fox. Cognates include German Fuchs, Frisian foks, and Dutch vos.
Pronunciation IPA: /fɔks/, SAMPA: /fOks/ Received Pronunciation IPA: /fɒks/, SAMPA: /fQks/ General American IPA: /fɑks/, SAMPA: /fAks/ Noun fox An animal (Vulpes vulpes) similar to a dog, with red or grey fur and a bushy tail. (Colloquial) An attactive woman. (Colloquial) A cunning person. Translations Albanian: dhelpra Arabic: ثّعلب Basque: azeri Belarussian: ліса (lisa) Breton: louarn m lern / -ed pl Bulgarian: лисица (lisica) f Catalan: guineu, guilla, rabosa Chinese Characters: 貔, 豼, 狸, 貍 Chinese: 狐狸 (húlí) Chumash (Inezeño): knɨy Croatian: lisica Czech: liška Danish: ræv Dutch: vos m Esperanto: vulpo Estonian: rebane Faroese: revur Finnish: kettu French: renard m Frisian: foks Friulian: bolp, volp Gallegan: raposo, golpe German: Fuchs m Greek, Ancient: ἀλώπηξ f Greek, Modern: αλεπού f Hungarian: róka Icelandic: refur, tófa Indonesian: rubah Irish: sionnach, madra rua Italian: volpe f Japanese: 狐 (きつね, kitsune) KiSwahili: mbweha Korean: 여우 (yeou) Ladin: volp Latin: vulpes f Latvian: lapsa Lithuanian: lapė Lower Sorbian: liška Macedonian: лисица (lisica) Maltese: volpi Norwegian: rev Occitan: rainald Polish: lis Portuguese: raposa Romanian: vulpe Romansh: vulp Romany: xulpa f Russian: лис, лиса, лисица (lis, lisa, lisica) Sami: rieban Sardinian: mrexani, fraitzu, liori, grupi Scottish: sionnach Serbian: лисица (lisica) Slovak: líška Slovenian: lisica Spanish: zorro m Swedish: räv Turkish: tilk Ukrainian: лис, лисиця (lis, lisicja) Upper Sorbian: liška Welsh: cadno, llwynog Derived words foxhole foxy outfox Related words vixen
