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