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English
Etymology
From fox + hound.
Pronunciation
Noun
foxhound (plural foxhounds)
- A dog of a medium-sized breed developed for hunting.
Translations
Slovak
Etymology
Borrowed from English foxhound.
Pronunciation
Noun
foxhound m animal
- foxhound
Declension
Declension of
foxhound (patterns
chlap (singular) and
dub (plural))
Further reading
- “foxhound”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2024