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English

a zorro (Lycalopex culpaeus)

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish zorro.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈzoɹ.ɹoʊ/, /ˈsoɹ.ɹoʊ/
  • Audio (Southern England):(file)

Noun

zorro (plural zorros)

  1. A South American canid of the species Lycalopex culpaeus, visually similar to (and sometimes referred to as) a fox but more closely related to a wolf.

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Basque

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): (most dialects) /s̻oro/
  • IPA(key): (Biscayan) /s̺oro/

  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -oro, -o
  • Hyphenation: zo‧rro

Noun

zorro inan

  1. bag
    Synonym: poltsa

Declension

Declension of zorro (inanimate, ending in vowel)
indefinite singular plural
absolutive zorro zorroa zorroak
ergative zorrok zorroak zorroek
dative zorrori zorroari zorroei
genitive zorroren zorroaren zorroen
comitative zorrorekin zorroarekin zorroekin
causative zorrorengatik zorroarengatik zorroengatik
benefactive zorrorentzat zorroarentzat zorroentzat
instrumental zorroz zorroaz zorroez
inessive zorrotan zorroan zorroetan
locative zorrotako zorroko zorroetako
allative zorrotara zorrora zorroetara
terminative zorrotaraino zorroraino zorroetaraino
directive zorrotarantz zorrorantz zorroetarantz
destinative zorrotarako zorrorako zorroetarako
ablative zorrotatik zorrotik zorroetatik
partitive zorrorik — —
prolative zorrotzat — —

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Spanish: zurrón

Galician

Etymology

Unknown. Attested since the 13th century. Cognate with Spanish zorro.

Pronunciation

 

  • Rhymes: -oro
  • Hyphenation: zo‧rro

Adjective

zorro (feminine zorra, masculine plural zorros, feminine plural zorras)

  1. slow
    Synonym: lento
  2. humid
    Synonym: lento

Noun

zorro m (plural zorros)

  1. bastard son
    Synonym: bastardo
  2. sled, sledge used for moving loads

References

  1. ^ Joan Coromines, José A Pascual (1983–1991) “zorra”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

Spanish

Zorro rojo.

Etymology

First attested in the 15th century, chiefly in the feminine form zorra. Of unclear origin:

  • perhaps from Paleo-Hispanic. If so, it may be related to Spanish perro,
  • perhaps from Middle French sor (“yellowish-brown, reddish-brown, sorrel”), or
  • perhaps from Basque azeri (“fox”).
  • A fourth suggestion, that the term derives from a verb *zorrar from onomatopoeia, is considered "far from convincing" and "unprovable".

Pronunciation

Noun

zorro m (plural zorros, feminine zorra, feminine plural zorras)

  1. fox (carnivore)
    Synonym: zorra
  2. (Campeche, Quintana Roo, Tabasco, Yucatán) opossum
    Synonyms: zarigüeya, (Mexico) tlacuache
  3. skunk
    Synonyms: zorrillo, zorrino, mofeta
  4. (by extension, figuratively) fox (sly or cunning person)
  5. (Argentina) jack (device used to raise and temporarily support a heavy object)
  6. (by extension, figuratively) beacon

Derived terms

Adjective

zorro (feminine zorra, masculine plural zorros, feminine plural zorras)

  1. (figurative) clever, crafty, sly

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ 2012, A History of the Spanish Lexicon: A Linguistic Perspective →ISBN, page 39: "The initial attestations of Sp. zorro/zorra 'fox' are from the mid fifteenth century and appear almost exclusively in the feminine, employed in cancionero poetry, with reference to idle, immoral women (cf. mod. zorra 'prostitute'). DCECH may well be right in stating that zorro/zorra secondarily became a euphemistic designation for the dreaded fox (cf. raposo so used). The late initial documentation of zorro leads to the question whether this word goes back to early Roman Spain or whether it is a later borrowing from Basque, a derivation, as noted above, challenged by Trask (1997: 421). Far from convincing is the unprovable hypothesis in DCECH that zorro goes back to a verb zorrar (whose authenticity I have been unable to verify), allegedly of onomatopoeic origin."

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