goupil

See also: Goupil

French

Etymology

From Old French golpil, gulpil, vorpil, volpil, from Vulgar Latin *vulpīculus, alteration of Latin vulpēcula (“fox kit”), diminutive of vulpēs. Compare goupille. See also Old Italian volpiglio, Occitan volpìlh, Catalan volpell, Portuguese golpelha, Spanish vulpeja. Replaced by renard, by euphemism.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɡu.pil/, /ɡu.pi/

Noun

goupil m (plural goupils)

(obsolete) fox
Synonym: renard

Further reading

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

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