different between vulpine vs feline

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin vulp?nus (“foxy, fox-like”), from vulp?s, earlier volp?s (“fox”), from Proto-Indo-European *wl(o)p- (“fox”). Cognate with Welsh llywarn (“fox”), Ancient Greek ?????? (al?p?x), Armenian ?????? (a?u?s), Albanian dhelpër, Lithuanian vilpiš?s (“wildcat”), Sanskrit ????? (lop??a, “jackal, fox”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?v?lpa?n/

Adjective

vulpine (comparative more vulpine, superlative most vulpine)

1. Pertaining to a fox.
2. Having the characteristics of a fox; foxlike; cunning.

Translations

Noun

vulpine (plural vulpines)

1. Any of certain canids called foxes (including the true foxes, the arctic fox and the grey fox); distinguished from the canines, which are regarded as similar to the dog and wolf.
   • 1980, Michael Wilson Fox, The Soul of the Wolf, unnumbered page,

     The family Canidae consists of two main subgroups, the vulpines (foxes) and the canines (wolves, coyotes, jackals, and dogs), and some intermediate “fox-dog” forms from South America.

2. A person considered vulpine (cunning); a fox.

See also

• canine
• lupine
• Vulpini (tribe within subfamily Caninae)

Anagrams

• liven up

French

Adjective

vulpine

1. feminine singular of vulpin

Latin

Adjective

vulp?ne

1. vocative masculine singular of vulp?nus

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?fi?la?n/
• Rhymes: -i?la?n

Etymology 1

From Latin f?l?nus, from f?l?s (“wildcat, marten”).

Adjective

feline (comparative more feline, superlative most feline)

1. Of or pertaining to cats.
2. catlike (resembling a cat)

Synonyms

• catly

Translations

Etymology 2

Substantive use of the adjective feline, from Latin f?l?nus

Noun

feline (plural felines)

1. (formal) A cat; member of the cat family Felidae.

Hyponyms

• See also Thesaurus:feline

Translations

Related terms

• feliform
• felis
• Felix
• felinity
• felinely

See also

• canine
• cattus
• Felidae

Anagrams

• feelin', nelfie

Italian

Adjective

feline

1. feminine plural of felino

Anagrams

• fenile

Latin

Adjective

f?l?ne

1. vocative masculine singular of f?l?nus

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [fe?line]

Noun

feline f

1. indefinite plural of felin?
2. indefinite genitive/dative singular of felin?