fennec

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic فَنَك‎ (fanak).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɛnɨk/
  • Homophone: Fenwick

Noun

fennec (plural fennecs)

1. A small fox of the species Vulpes zerda, found in the Sahara (excluding the coast) and having distinctive oversized ears.

Translations

fennec distribution

fox

Arabic: فَنَك‎‎ m (fanak) Bulgarian: фенек m (fenek) Chinese: Mandarin: 耳廓狐 (zh) (ěrkuòhú), 耳郭狐 (ěrguōhú), 𦗒狐 (guōhú) Czech: fenek (cs) m Dutch: fennek (nl) m Finnish: aavikkokettu (fi) French: fennec (fr) m Fula: please add this translation if you can German: Fennek (de) m Hausa: Fennec m Hebrew: פֶנֶק‎‎ m (féneq)

Italian: fennec m Japanese: フェネックギツネ (fenekkugitsune), フェネック (ja) (fenekku) Mongolian: цөлийн үнэг (tsölijn üneg) Norwegian: ørkenrev m Polish: fenek (pl) m Portuguese: feneco m Romanian: fenec (ro) m Russian: фе́нек (ru) m (fének) Spanish: fénec m Swedish: fennek c, ökenräv c Tuareg: please add this translation if you can Wolof: please add this translation if you can

Etymology

From Arabic فَنَك‎ (fanak).

Noun

fennec m (invariable)

1. fennec