different between werewolf vs coyote

English

Alternative forms

• werwolf, were-wolf, were wolf, wehrwolf, warwolf

Etymology

From Middle English werwolf, from Old English werwulf, from Proto-West Germanic *werawulf, from Proto-West Germanic *wer (“man”) + *wulf (“wolf”). Equivalent to wer +? wolf or were- +? wolf. Cognate with Dutch weerwolf, Low German Warwulf, German Werwolf, Danish varulv, Swedish varulv and even possibly Finnish vironsusi.

Compare also French garou, in loup-garou, French dialectal gairou, varou (“werewolf”), Medieval Latin gerulphus, garulphus (“werewolf”) (from Germanic).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?w??w?lf/, /?w??w?lf/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?w???w?lf/, /?w???w?lf/, /?w??w?lf/

Noun

werewolf (plural werewolves)

1. (mythology) A person who is transformed or can transform into a wolf or a wolflike human, often said to transform during a full moon.

   Synonyms: wolfman, lycanthrope, man-wolf

Hyponyms

• (female): werewolfess, werewoman, wolfwoman

Derived terms

• werewolfdom
• werewolfish

Translations

See also

• dogman
• turnskin
• were-

English

Alternative forms

• cayeute, cayota, cayote, coyoto (all obsolete)

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish coyote, from a Nahuan language, from Proto-Nahuan *koyootl. Compare Chinook ki-o-t?.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /k??jo?ti/, /ka??(j)o?ti/, (especially Western US) /?ka?(j)o?t/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /k???(j)??t(?)/

Noun

coyote (plural coyotes)

1. Canis latrans, a species of canine native to North America.

   Synonym: prairie wolf

   • 1824, William Bullock, Six Months' Residence and Travels in Mexico, p. 119

     Near Rio Frio we shot several handsome birds, and saw a cayjotte, or wild dog, which in size nearly approached the wolf.

2. (US, informal) A smuggler of undocumented immigrants across the land border from Latin America into the United States of America.

Hyponyms

Derived terms

Related terms

Descendants

• ? Irish: cadhóit

Translations

Verb

coyote (third-person singular simple present coyotes, present participle coyoteing or coyoting, simple past and past participle coyoted)

1. To prospect for gold by manually digging holes into overlying earth, as into a hillside.

See also

• (canids) canid; coyote, dog, fox, jackal, wolf ^{(Category: en:Canids)}

Further reading

• coyote on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• oocyte, oöcyte

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English coyote, from Spanish coyote, from a Nahuan language, from Proto-Nahuan *koyootl.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ko??jo?.t?/
• Hyphenation: co?yo?te
• Rhymes: -o?t?

Noun

coyote m (plural coyotes, diminutive coyootje n)

1. coyote

   Synonym: prairiewolf

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish coyote, from a Nahuan language, from Proto-Nahuan *koyootl.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k?.j?t/

Noun

coyote m (plural coyotes)

1. coyote

Descendants

• ? Romanian: coiot

Further reading

• “coyote” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• côtoyé

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from English coyote, from Spanish coyote, from a Nahuan language, from Proto-Nahuan *koyootl.

Noun

coyote m (plural coyoti) or coyote m (invariable)

1. coyote

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from a Nahuan language, from Proto-Nahuan *koyootl.

Pronunciation

Noun

coyote m (plural coyotes)

1. coyote (canine)
2. (Mexico) coyote (smuggler of illegal immigrants)

   Synonym: pollo

3. (Mexico) fixer, middleman
4. (obsolete) a person of mixed Native American and mestizo descent

Derived terms

• coyota f

Descendants

Further reading

• “coyote” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
• coyote on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^es