tanuki

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Japanese 狸 (たぬき, tanuki, “raccoon dog”).

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /təˈnʊkɪ/
  • (US) IPA(key): /tɑˈnuki/
  • Rhymes: -ʊki, -uːki
  • Hyphenation: ta‧nuki

Noun

tanuki (plural tanuki or tanukis)

  1. the raccoon dog, Nyctereutes procyonoides
  2. (Japanese mythology) the tanuki regarded as a shapeshifter, also renowned for its enormous scrotum

Anagrams

Cebuano

Etymology

From Japanese 狸 (たぬき, tanuki, “raccoon dog”).

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: ta‧nu‧ki

Noun

tanuki

  1. a raccoon dog (Nyctereutes procyonoides)

Japanese

Romanization

tanuki

  1. Rōmaji transcription of たぬき
  2. Rōmaji transcription of タヌキ

Portuguese

Etymology

From Japanese 狸 (たぬき, tanuki, “raccoon dog”).

Noun

tanuki m (plural tanukis)

  1. raccoon dog; tanuki (Nyctereutes procyonoides, a canid of East Asia)
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