volpe

Corsican

Una volpe.

Alternative forms

• vorpe, volpi, vulpi

Etymology

From Latin vulpes, from Proto-Italic *wolpis, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wl̥p-i-s (“marten, cat”). Cognates include Italian volpe and Romanian vulpe.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvolpe/

Noun

volpe f (plural volpi)

1. fox (Vulpes vulpes)

   Synonyms: mammacara, codipinnacciuta, codilonga

2. (figurative) a malicious person

References

• “volpe, vorpe, volpi, vulpi” in INFCOR: Banca di dati di a lingua corsa

Galician

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂wl̥p-i-s

Proto-Italic *wolpis

Latin volpēs

Latin vulpēs

Galician volpe

Inherited from Latin vulpēs.

Noun

volpe m (plural volpes)

1. fox

Further reading

• “volpe”, in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (in Galician), 2014–2026

Italian

Alternative forms

• golpe (Tuscan)

Etymology

Inherited from Latin vulpēs (accusative vulpem) from earlier volpēs, from Proto-Italic *wolpis, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wl(o)p ~ *h₂ulp (“(red) fox”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvol.pe/
• Rhymes: -olpe
• Hyphenation: vól‧pe

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Noun

volpe f (plural volpi, diminutive volpétta or volpìna or volpìno m or volpicèlla or volpicìno m, augmentative volpóna or volpóne m, diminutive-augmentative volpacchiòtta or volpacchiòtto, pejorative volpàccia; (always figurative) volponàccia or volponàccio m)

1. fox, vixen
2. a crafty person

Derived terms

• volpacchiotto
• volpeggiare
• volpicino
• volpino
• volpone

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

• polve

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈwɔɫ.pɛ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈvɔl.pe]

Noun

volpe

1. ablative singular of volpēs