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fox
fox /ˈvul.pe/
noun#4914 most common
Example sentences
Vulpea este roșie.
The fox is red.
Am văzut o vulpe în pădure.
I saw a fox in the forest.
Vulpea a furat un pui de la fermă.
The fox stole a chick from the farm.
Vulpile sunt animale foarte inteligente și viclene.
Foxes are very intelligent and cunning animals.
Țăranii se plâng că vulpile le atacă găinile în fiecare noapte.
Farmers complain that foxes attack their hens every night.
Deși vulpea este considerată simbolul vicleniei în folclorul românesc, comportamentul ei reflectă de fapt o adaptare remarcabilă la mediu.
Although the fox is considered the symbol of cunning in Romanian folklore, its behavior actually reflects a remarkable adaptation to its environment.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | vulpe | vulpi |
| Genitive | vulpii | vulpilor |
| Accusative | vulpe | vulpi |
| Vocative | vulpe | vulpilor |
Word family
vulpefox
vulpoimale fox, dog fox
vulpițăvixen, little fox
vulpescfox-like, sly
viclean ca o vulpesly as a fox (idiom)
Etymology
Vulpe comes directly from Latin vulpes, fox. It is one of the Latin animal names that survived unbroken into Romanian, unlike in French, where the native word was displaced by "renard". The Latin form itself traces back to an old Indo-European word for the animal.
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