different between northern vs vulpecula

English

Etymology

From Middle English northerne, from Old English norþerne, from Proto-Germanic *nurþr?nijaz. Cognate with Old High German nordr?ni and Old Norse norrœnn.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?n??ð?n/, /?n??ðn?/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?n??ð?n/, enPR: nôr?th?rn
• (non-standard) IPA^(key): /?n?ð?(?)n/

Adjective

northern (comparative more northern, superlative most northern)

1. Of, facing, situated in, or related to the north;northerly.
2. (of a wind) Blowing from the north; northerly.
3. (Britain) Characteristic of the North of England (usually capitalised)

Synonyms

• boreal
• septentrional

Antonyms

• austral
• meridional
• southern

Derived terms

Translations

See also

• eastern
• occidental
• oriental
• western

Noun

northern (plural northerns)

1. An inhabitant of the northern regions.
2. (fishing) The northern pike.
   • 1993, Barry Reynolds, John Berryman, Pike on the Fly: The Flyfishing Guide to Northerns, Tigers, and Muskies

     As is the case with northerns, the female muskie, trailed by her attendant males, may broadcast eggs over several hundred yards.

Latin

Alternative forms

• volp?cula

Etymology

From vulp?s (“fox”) +? -cula (diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /u?ul?pe?.ku.la/, [u?o???pe?k???ä]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /vul?pe.ku.la/, [vul?p??kul?]

Noun

vulp?cula f (genitive vulp?culae); first declension

1. Diminutive of vulp?s (“fox”)
2. A little fox

Declension

First-declension noun.

See also

• vulp?s
• vulp?nus

Descendants

• Old French: golpil, vorpil, volpil
  • French: goupil, goupille
• Old Leonese:
  • Asturian: vulpeya
• Old Portuguese: golpella
  • Galician: golpella
  • Portuguese: golpelha
• Old Occitan:
  • Catalan: volpell, volpitz
  • Occitan: volpìlh
• Old Spanish: vulpeja, golpeja, gulpeja
  • Spanish: vulpeja

References

• vulpecula in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• vulpecula in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette