volpe
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Una volpe.
Corsican
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Latin vulpes, from Proto-Italic *wolpis, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wl(o)p. Cognates include Italian volpe and Romanian vulpe.
Pronunciation
Noun
volpe f (plural volpi)
- fox (Vulpes vulpes)
- Synonyms: mammacara, codipinnacciuta, codilonga
- (figurative) a malicious person
References
- “volpe, vorpe, volpi, vulpi” in INFCOR: Banca di dati di a lingua corsa
Galician
Etymology
Noun
volpe m (plural volpes)
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
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)
Derived terms
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
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈu̯ol.pe/,
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈvol.pe/,
Noun
volpe