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Complete Definition of "fox"

Image:Rød ræv (Vulpes vulpes).jpg|thumb|right|A red fox (Vulpes vulpes).
English

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Etymology
Old English fox#Old English|fox, from West Germanic *fukhs, from Proto-Germanic *fuhsaz, from Proto-Indo-European *puk-so-, from *puk- ('tail'). Cognates include German Fuchs, Frisian foks, and Dutch vos.

Pronunciation
audio|En-us-fox.ogg|audio (US)
IPA|/f�ks/ (US), IPAchar|/f�ks/ (UK)
SAMPA|/fAks/ (US)

Noun
en-noun|es

  1. A small carnivore (Vulpes vulpes), related to dogs and wolves, with red or silver fur and a bushy tail.
  2. Any of numerous species of small wild canids similar to the red fox, this term describing members of at least five genera (see the w:Fox|Wikipedia article on the fox).
  3. A fox terrier.
  4. A cunning person.
  5. slang An attractive woman.
Translations
trans-top|animal
Afrikaans: vos jakkals
Ainu: ������ , ������ |����� (chironnup)
Albanian: dhelpër f
Arabic: Arab|ثع�ب unicode|(θá�lab) m
Arapaho: nou�, be��ou
trreq|Armenian
Basque: azeri
Belarusian: л��а (lisa) f
Bosnian: lisica f, lisac m
Breton: louarn m, louarned p
Bulgarian: ли�и�а (lisitsa) f :bg:ли�и�а|^
Carrier: na��z
Catalan: guineu m, guilla f, rabosa f
Cherokee: �� (tsula)
CJKV Characters: � (pí), 豼 (hu�n), � (lí), � (lí)
Chinese: �� (húlí)
Chumash: unicode|knɨy (Inezeño)
Cree: ����� (mahkesiis)
Creek: culv
Crimean Tatar: tilki
Croatian: lisica f
Czech: liška f
Danish: ræv c
Dutch: vos#Dutch|vos m
Erzya: �ивез� (rivezj)
Esperanto: vulpo
Estonian: rebane
Ewe: abei n
Faroese: revur m
Finnish: kettu
Flathead: �ʷa�ʷá�
Franconian, Low: fus, vus
French: renard m, goupil m i|archaic
Frisian: foks m
Friulian: bolp, volp g|Friulian
Galician: raposo m, golpe m
Georgian: ���� (mela)
German: Fuchs m
Gothic: faúh�
Greek: αλε�ο� (alepú) f, αλο��ο� (alupú) f i|obsolete
Hebrew: ש�ע� (šu�al) m
trreq|Hindi
Hungarian: róka
Icelandic: refur m, tófa f
Indonesian: rubah
Inuktitut: ������� (tiriganniaq)
Irish: sionnach, madra rua g|Irish
Italian: volpe f
Japanese: � (���, kitsune)
Klamath: w�an
Korean: �� (yeou)
Kurdish: KUchar|ر���
Ladin: volp g|Ladin
Lakota: tokalu, Å¡ungila
Latin: vulpes f
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Latvian: lapsa g|Latvian
Lenape: �kw�s
Lithuanian: lap� f, lapinas m
Lower Sorbian: liška f
Macedonian: ли�и�а (lisica) f
Maltese: volpi f
Middle Dutch: vos#Middle Dutch|vos m
Middle English: foxe#Middle English|foxe
Middle High German: vuhs (also, vuohs)
Middle Low German: vos#Middle Low German|vos (also, vohe; v�)
Mingo: unõ�kwatkwá
Mohawk: tsitsho
Moksha: келаз� (kelazj)
Norwegian: rev m
Novial: foxe#Novial|foxe
Occitan: rainald m
Ojibwe: ��� (waagosh)
Old English: fox#Old English|fox m
Old High German: fuhs, f�̮ha
Old Norse: f�a
Paiute: wa��i�i
Papago: gaso
Pawnee: kiw��ku
Persian: FAchar|ر�با� (rubah)
Polish: lis m
Portuguese: raposa f
trreq|Provençal
Romani: xulpa f
Romanian: vulpe f
Romansch: vulp f
Russian: ли�а (lisá) f, ли�и�а (lisítsa) f, ли� (lis) m
Sami: rieban
Sardinian: mrexani, fraitzu, liori, grupi
Seri: �æ�s
Scottish Gaelic: sionnach g|Scottish Gaelic
Serbian

Slovak: líška f
Slovene: lisica f, lisjak m
Spanish: zorro m, zorra f
Sumerian: ka�
Swahili: mbweha
Swedish: räv c
Tamil: நரி (nari)
Telugu: న��� (nakka)
Thai: Thai|�ิ���อ� (jîngjòk)
Tlingit: n�ġ�s�é
Turkish: tilki
Ukrainian: ли� (lys) m, ли�и�� (lysytsja) f
Upper Sorbian: liška f
trreq|Urdu
trreq|Vietnamese
Welsh: cadno, llwynog g|Welsh
Yucatec: oh�
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trans-top|fox terrier
See: fox terrier
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trans-top|cunning person
Afrikaans: skelm
Bosnian: lisica f
Czech: lišák m
Finnish: kettu, kelmi
German: Fuchs m
Greek: αλε�ο� (alepú) f, �ονη��� (ponirós) m, �ανο��γο� (panúrɣos) m
Italian: volpe f
trans-mid
Macedonian: ли�и�а f
Portuguese: matreiro m
Russian: ловкий пл�� (lóvkij plut) m
Serbian

Spanish: zorro m
Swedish: räv
Telugu: �ిత�త�లమారి (jittulamaari)
Turkish: tilki
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trans-top|attractive woman
Czech: ko�ka f
trans-mid
Russian: к�а�ави�а (krasávitsa) f
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Derived terms
crazy like a fox
firefox
foxhole
fox terrier
foxy
outfox
red fox
silver fox
sly as a fox

See also
vixen (feminine form)

Verb
en-verb|fox|es

  1. transitive To trick, fool or outwit (someone) by cunning or ingenuity.
  2. transitive To confuse or baffle (someone).

#: This crossword puzzle has completely foxed me.

  1. intransitive To act slyly or craftily.
  2. (intransitive). To discolour paper. Fox marks are spots on paper caused by humidity.

#: The pages of the book show distinct foxing.

Translations
trans-top|to trick
Italian: ingannare
trans-mid
Russian: обман�ва�� (obmányvat�)
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trans-top|to confuse
Italian: lasciare perplesso
trans-mid
Russian: обман�ва�� (obmányvat�)
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trans-top|to act slyly
trans-mid
Russian: �и��и�� (�itrít�)
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See also
Reynard

Category:Mammals

Old English

Etymology
From Germanic *fuhsa- < Indo-European *puk-, *peuk- (�bushy hair�). Cognate with Old Saxon vuhs (Dutch vos), Old High German fuhs (German Fuchs). A North Germanic variant *fuh�- gave Old Norse fóa, Norn fua|fūa. The IE root was also the source of Avestan pusa- (�plait�), Slavic *pux� (Russian п�� �fuzz�), Baltic *pausti- (Lithuanian paustis|paustìs �fur�).

Pronunciation
IPA|/foks/
audio|en-us-fox.ogg|Audio (US)

Noun
fox m

  1. a fox#English|fox

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