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See also: Wolf

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *wl̥kʷós?

Proto-Indo-European *wĺ̥kʷos

Proto-Germanic *wulfaz

Proto-West Germanic *wulf

Old English wulf

Middle English wolf

English wolf

Cognates

Cognate with Scots wouf, North Frisian wulew, Saterland Frisian and German Low German Wulf, West Frisian, Alemannic German, and Dutch wolf, Bavarian bolf, bölf, Woif, Cimbrian and Mòcheno bolf, German Wolf, Luxembourgish Wollef, Vilamovian wuf, Yiddish וואָלף (volf), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, and Norwegian Nynorsk ulv, Faroese úlvur, Icelandic úlfur, Swedish ulf, ulv, Gothic 𐍅𐌿𐌻𐍆𐍃 (wulfs); also Irish and Scottish Gaelic olc (“bad, evil”), Lepontic 𐌖𐌋𐌊𐌏𐌔 (ulkos), Manx olk (“bad”), Sanskrit वृक (vṛ́ka)Category:Sanskrit terms with non-redundant manual transliterations#WOLF, Persian (gorg), Latgalian vylks, Latvian vìlks, Lithuanian vilkas, Belarusian воўк (vowk), Bulgarian вълк (vǎlk), Czech and Slovak vlk, Macedonian and Russian волк (volk), Polish wilk, Serbo-Croatian вук, vuk, Slovene volk, Ukrainian вовк (vovk), Albanian ujk, ulk, Latin lupus, Greek λύκος (lýkos), Hittite 𒉿𒀠𒆪𒉿𒀸, Lydian 𐤥𐤠𐤩𐤥𐤤 (walwe, “lion”), Tocharian B walkwe.

Pronunciation

enPR: wo͝olf
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /wʊlf/Category:English 1-syllable words#WOLFCategory:English terms with IPA pronunciation#WOLF
  - Audio (Received Pronunciation); “a wolf”: (file)
    Category:English terms with audio pronunciation#WOLF
- (General American) IPA^(key): /wʊlf/, [wʊɫf], [wɵɫf]Category:English 1-syllable words#WOLFCategory:English terms with IPA pronunciation#WOLF
  - Audio (General American): (file)
    Category:English terms with audio pronunciation#WOLF
  - (Southern US) IPA^(key): [wʟ̩ːf]^[1]Category:English terms with IPA pronunciation#WOLF
- (New Zealand) IPA^(key): /wʊlf/, [wʊwf]Category:English 1-syllable words#WOLF Category:English terms with IPA pronunciation#WOLF
- (Scotland, Northern Ireland) IPA^(key): /wʉlf/Category:English 1-syllable words#WOLF Category:English terms with IPA pronunciation#WOLF
enPR: wo͝of, IPA^(key): /wʊf/Category:English 1-syllable words#WOLF Category:English terms with IPA pronunciation#WOLF (now nonstandard)^[2]^[3]
enPR: wŭlf, IPA^(key): /wʌlf/Category:English 1-syllable words#WOLF Category:English terms with IPA pronunciation#WOLF (obsolete)
Rhymes: -ʊlf Category:Rhymes:English/ʊlf#WOLF Category:Rhymes:English/ʊlf/1 syllable#WOLF

Noun

wolf (plural wolves)

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Wikidata has a Lexeme related to:

wolf (L7990)

(countable Category:English countable nouns#WOLF) Canis lupus; the largest wild member of the canine subfamily.
Synonym: grey wolf
- 1968, Robert Conquest, “The Purge Begins”, in The Great Terror: Stalin's Purge of the Thirties‎, Macmillan Company, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 74:
  He would listen quietly at meetings of the Politburo, or to distinguished visitors, puffing at his Dunhill pipe, doodling aimlessly - his secretaries Poskrebyshev and Dvinsky write that his pads were sometimes covered with the phrase ‘Lenin-teacher-friend’, but the last foreigner to visit him, in February 1953, noted that he was doodling wolves.
  Category:English terms with quotations#WOLF
1. Any of several related canines that resemble Canis lupus in appearance, especially those of the genus Canis.
A man who makes amorous advances to many women.
(music Category:en:Music#WOLF) A wolf tone or wolf note.
The soft violin solo was marred by persistent wolves.Category:English terms with usage examples#WOLF
(figurative) Any very ravenous, rapacious, or destructive person or thing; especially, want; starvation.
They toiled hard to keep the wolf from the door.Category:English terms with usage examples#WOLF

the bee wolfCategory:English terms with usage examples#WOLF
- 1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter XII, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC, page 85:
  “ […] Churchill, my dear fellow, we have such greedy sharks, and wolves in lamb's clothing. Oh, dear, there's so much to tell you, so many warnings to give you, but all that must be postponed for the moment.”
  Category:English terms with quotations#WOLF
One of the destructive, and usually hairy, larvae of several species of beetles and grain moths.
A white worm which infests granaries, the larva of Nemapogon granellaCategory:Entries using missing taxonomic name (species)#Nemapogon%20granella, a tineid moth.
A wolf spider (Lycosidae spp.).
(obsolete Category:English terms with obsolete senses#WOLF) An eating ulcer or sore. See lupus.
- 1651, Jer[emy] Taylor, The Rule and Exercises of Holy Living. […], 2nd edition, London: […] Francis Ashe […], →OCLC:
  If God should send a cancer upon thy face, or a wolf into thy side
  Category:English terms with quotations#WOLF
A willying machine, that uses willow twigs to cleanse wool.
- 1872, Johann Rudolph von Wagner, A handbook of Chemical Technology:
  The loosening and purifying of the raw cotton from the various impurities , such as sand, grit, &c., is accomplished by beating with the hand, or by the Wolf machine, by means of a cylinder, the surface of which is covered with sharp iron teeth
  Category:English terms with quotations#WOLF

Synonyms

loafer, lobo, lofer, loper, lover (Southwestern US dialects)

Hypernyms

(large wild canid): Canis lupus, canid

Coordinate terms

(large wild canid): dingo, dog (members of Canis lupus not called wolf); coyote, jackal, fox (other canids)

Derived terms

Descendants

→ Ido: volfo (also from German)
→ Marshallese: oļip

Translations

animal

Category:Entries with translation boxes#WOLF

Abaza: квыджьма (kʷədźma)Category:Terms with Abaza translations#WOLF
Abenaki: môlsemCategory:Terms with Abenaki translations#WOLF
Abkhaz: абгаду (abgadu)Category:Terms with Abkhaz translations#WOLF, ақәыџьма (akʷədžma)Category:Terms with Abkhaz translations#WOLF
Afrikaans: wolf (af)Category:Terms with Afrikaans translations#WOLF
Aghwan: 𐕒𐕡𐔾 (ul)Category:Terms with Aghwan translations#WOLF
Ainu: ホㇿケゥ (horkew)Category:Terms with Ainu translations#WOLF, ウォセカムイ (wose-kamuy)Category:Terms with Ainu translations#WOLF
Akkadian: 𒌨𒁇𒊏 m (barbaru [UR.BAR.RA])Category:Terms with Akkadian translations#WOLF
Albanian: ujk (sq) mCategory:Terms with Albanian translations#WOLF
Aleut: aliĝngix̂Category:Terms with Aleut translations#WOLF
Algonquin: mahìganCategory:Terms with Algonquin translations#WOLF, mokquishimCategory:Terms with Algonquin translations#WOLF
Altai:
Southern Altai: бӧрӱ (börü)Category:Terms with Southern Altai translations#WOLF
Amharic: ተኩላ (täkula)Category:Terms with Amharic translations#WOLF
Andi: боцӏо (bocʼo)Category:Terms with Andi translations#WOLF
Apache:
Jicarilla: ba’iitsoCategory:Terms with Jicarilla translations#WOLF

Plains Apache: ba’Category:Terms with Plains Apache translations#WOLF

Western Apache: ma’chohCategory:Terms with Western Apache translations#WOLF, ba’chohCategory:Terms with Western Apache translations#WOLF, ba'choCategory:Terms with Western Apache translations#WOLF, mbaaʼtsuCategory:Terms with Western Apache translations#WOLF
Arabic: ذِئْب (ar) m (ḏiʔb)Category:Terms with Arabic translations#WOLF
Egyptian Arabic: ديب m (dīb)Category:Terms with Egyptian Arabic translations#WOLF

Gulf Arabic: ذيب (ḏīb)Category:Terms with Gulf Arabic translations#WOLF

Hijazi Arabic: ذيب m (ḏīb, dīb)Category:Terms with Hijazi Arabic translations#WOLF

Moroccan Arabic: ديب m (dīb)Category:Terms with Moroccan Arabic translations#WOLF
Aramaic:
Classical Syriac: ܕܐܒܐ m (dēḇā)Category:Terms with Classical Syriac translations#WOLF, ܕܐܒܬܐ f (dēḇtā)Category:Terms with Classical Syriac translations#WOLF

Jewish Babylonian Aramaic: דֵּיבָא m (dêḇā)Category:Terms with Aramaic translations#WOLF
Armenian: գայլ (hy) (gayl)Category:Terms with Armenian translations#WOLF
Old Armenian: գայլ (gayl)Category:Terms with Old Armenian translations#WOLF
Aromanian: lupu mCategory:Terms with Aromanian translations#WOLF
Assamese: কুকুৰনেচীয়া বাঘ (kukurnesia bagh)Category:Assamese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations#WOLF Category:Terms with Assamese translations#WOLF
Asturian: llobu (ast) mCategory:Terms with Asturian translations#WOLF
Avar: бацӏ (bacʼ)Category:Terms with Avar translations#WOLF
Azerbaijani: canavar (az)Category:Terms with Azerbaijani translations#WOLF, qurd (az)Category:Terms with Azerbaijani translations#WOLF
Balti: شانكو (shanko)Category:Terms with Balti translations#WOLF
Baluchi: گرک (gurk)Category:Terms with Baluchi translations#WOLF
Bashkir: бүре (büre)Category:Terms with Bashkir translations#WOLF
Basque: otso (eu)Category:Terms with Basque translations#WOLF
Bats: ბჵორწ (b'orc̣)Category:Terms with Bats translations#WOLF
Belarusian: воўк (be) m (vowk)Category:Terms with Belarusian translations#WOLF, ваўчы́ца f (vawčýca)Category:Terms with Belarusian translations#WOLF, ваўчы́ха f (vawčýxa)Category:Terms with Belarusian translations#WOLF
Bengali: নেকড়ে (bn) (nekoṛe)Category:Terms with Bengali translations#WOLF
Bhojpuri: भेड़िया (bhēṛiyā)Category:Terms with Bhojpuri translations#WOLF
Blackfoot: omahkapi'siCategory:Terms with Blackfoot translations#WOLF
Breton: bleiz (br) mCategory:Terms with Breton translations#WOLF
Bulgarian: вълк (bg) m (vǎlk)Category:Terms with Bulgarian translations#WOLF
Burmese: ဝံပုလွေ (my) (wampu.lwe)Category:Terms with Burmese translations#WOLF
Buryat: шоно (šono)Category:Terms with Buryat translations#WOLF
Carpathian Rusyn: вовк m (vovk)Category:Terms with Carpathian Rusyn translations#WOLF
Catalan: llop (ca) mCategory:Terms with Catalan translations#WOLF
Central Atlas Tamazight: ⵓⵛⵛⵏ (uccn)Category:Terms with Central Atlas Tamazight translations#WOLF
Chagatai: بورى (böri)Category:Terms with Chagatai translations#WOLF
Chakma: 𑄤𑄇𑄴 (wāk)Category:Chakma terms with redundant transliterations#WOLF Category:Terms with Chakma translations#WOLF
Cham:
Eastern Cham: ꨔꨪꩂ (thing)Category:Terms with Eastern Cham translations#WOLF, ꨀꨧꨭꩃ ꨔꨪꩂ (asơu thing)Category:Terms with Eastern Cham translations#WOLF
Chechen: борз (borz)Category:Terms with Chechen translations#WOLF
Cherokee: ᏩᏯ (waya)Category:Terms with Cherokee translations#WOLF
Cheyenne: hó'neheCategory:Terms with Cheyenne translations#WOLF
Chin:
Falam Chin: cinghniaCategory:Terms with Falam Chin translations#WOLF

Mara Chin: changieCategory:Terms with Mara Chin translations#WOLF

Tedim Chin: ngiaCategory:Terms with Tedim Chin translations#WOLF
Chinese:
Cantonese: 狼 (long⁴)Category:Cantonese terms with redundant transliterations#WOLF Category:Terms with Cantonese translations#WOLF

Dungan: лон (lon)Category:Terms with Dungan translations#WOLF, мулон (mulon)Category:Terms with Dungan translations#WOLF, лонвазы (lonvazɨ)Category:Terms with Dungan translations#WOLF

Eastern Min: 狼 (lòng)Category:Eastern Min terms with redundant transliterations#WOLF Category:Terms with Eastern Min translations#WOLF

Hakka: 狼 (lòng)Category:Terms with Hakka translations#WOLF

Hokkien: 狼 (zh-min-nan) (lông)Category:Terms with Hokkien translations#WOLF

Mandarin: 狼 (zh) (láng)Category:Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations#WOLF Category:Terms with Mandarin translations#WOLF

Wu: 狼 (⁶laon)Category:Terms with Wu translations#WOLF
Chukchi: иʼны (iʼny)Category:Terms with Chukchi translations#WOLF, ээʼгычгын (ėėʼgyčgyn)Category:Terms with Chukchi translations#WOLF
Chuvash: кашкӑр (kaškăr)Category:Terms with Chuvash translations#WOLF
Circassian:
East Circassian: дыгъужь (kbd) (dəğʷuź)Category:Terms with East Circassian translations#WOLF

West Circassian: тыгъужъ (təğʷuẑ)Category:Terms with West Circassian translations#WOLF
Comorian:
Ngazidja Comorian: dhiiɓuCategory:Terms with Ngazidja Comorian translations#WOLF
Coptic: ⲟⲩⲱⲛϣ (ouōnš)Category:Terms with Coptic translations#WOLF
Cornish: bleydh mCategory:Terms with Cornish translations#WOLF
Corsican: lupu (co) mCategory:Terms with Corsican translations#WOLF
Cree: ᒪᐦᐃᑲᐣ (mahihkan)Category:Cree terms with non-redundant manual transliterations#WOLF Category:Terms with Cree translations#WOLF
Atikamekw: mahikanCategory:Terms with Atikamekw translations#WOLF

Montagnais: maikanCategory:Terms with Montagnais translations#WOLF
Crimean Tatar: börüCategory:Terms with Crimean Tatar translations#WOLF
Czech: vlk (cs) mCategory:Terms with Czech translations#WOLF
Danish: ulv (da) cCategory:Terms with Danish translations#WOLF
Dogrib: dìgaCategory:Terms with Dogrib translations#WOLF
Dolgan: бөрө (börö)Category:Terms with Dolgan translations#WOLF
Dutch: wolf (nl) mCategory:Terms with Dutch translations#WOLF
Dzongkha: please add this translation if you canCategory:Requests for translations into Dzongkha#WOLF
Elfdalian: warg mCategory:Terms with Elfdalian translations#WOLF
Emilian: låuv mCategory:Terms with Emilian translations#WOLF
Erzya: верьгиз (veŕgiz)Category:Terms with Erzya translations#WOLF
Esperanto: lupo (eo)Category:Terms with Esperanto translations#WOLF
Estonian: susi (et)Category:Terms with Estonian translations#WOLF, hunt (et)Category:Terms with Estonian translations#WOLF
Evenki: иргичи (irgiçi)Category:Terms with Evenki translations#WOLF
Ewe: amegãxiCategory:Terms with Ewe translations#WOLF
Faroese: úlvur mCategory:Terms with Faroese translations#WOLF
Finnish: susi (fi)Category:Terms with Finnish translations#WOLF, hukka (fi)Category:Terms with Finnish translations#WOLF, susihukkaCategory:Terms with Finnish translations#WOLF
Franco-Provençal: lop mCategory:Terms with Franco-Provençal translations#WOLF
French: loup (fr) mCategory:Terms with French translations#WOLF
Frisian:
North Frisian: ulfCategory:Terms with North Frisian translations#WOLF, Ulv mCategory:Terms with North Frisian translations#WOLF (Sylt)

Saterland Frisian: Wulf mCategory:Terms with Saterland Frisian translations#WOLF

West Frisian: wolf cCategory:Terms with West Frisian translations#WOLF
Friulian: lôf mCategory:Terms with Friulian translations#WOLF, lôv mCategory:Terms with Friulian translations#WOLF
Gabrielino-Fernandeño: 'iisawutCategory:Terms with Gabrielino-Fernandeño translations#WOLF
Galician: lobo (gl) mCategory:Terms with Galician translations#WOLF
Gaulish: drucocuCategory:Terms with Gaulish translations#WOLF
Georgian: მგელი (mgeli)Category:Terms with Georgian translations#WOLF
German: Wolf (de) mCategory:Terms with German translations#WOLF, Meister Graubein mCategory:Terms with German translations#WOLF (esp. in fables & fairy tales)
Bavarian: WoifCategory:Terms with Bavarian translations#WOLF
Gilaki: ورگ (varg)Category:Terms with Gilaki translations#WOLF
Gondi: तोडेल्ली (tōḍēl‍lī)Category:Terms with Gondi translations#WOLF
Gothic: 𐍅𐌿𐌻𐍆𐍃 m (wulfs)Category:Terms with Gothic translations#WOLF
Greek: λύκος (el) m (lýkos)Category:Terms with Greek translations#WOLF
Ancient Greek: λύκος m (lúkos)Category:Terms with Ancient Greek translations#WOLF
Greenlandic: amaroq (kl)Category:Terms with Greenlandic translations#WOLF
Guarani:
Mbya Guarani: aguara-jaguaCategory:Terms with Mbya Guarani translations#WOLF

Paraguayan Guarani: ^{(please verify)} jaguaruCategory:Terms with Paraguayan Guarani translations#WOLF Category:Requests for review of Paraguayan Guarani translations#WOLF
Gujarati: ભેડીયો (bheḍīyo)Category:Terms with Gujarati translations#WOLF
Haida: g̱úujCategory:Terms with Haida translations#WOLF
Haitian Creole: louCategory:Terms with Haitian Creole translations#WOLF
Hawaiian: ʻīlio haeCategory:Terms with Hawaiian translations#WOLF
Hawaiian Creole: wolfCategory:Terms with Hawaiian Creole translations#WOLF
Hebrew: זְאֵב (he) m (z'év)Category:Terms with Hebrew translations#WOLF
Hindi: भेड़िया (hi) m (bheṛiyā)Category:Terms with Hindi translations#WOLF, वृक (hi) m (vŕk)Category:Terms with Hindi translations#WOLF
Holikachuk: nikʼighunCategory:Terms with Holikachuk translations#WOLF
Hopi: kwewuCategory:Terms with Hopi translations#WOLF
Hungarian: farkas (hu)Category:Terms with Hungarian translations#WOLF
Hunsrik: Wollef mCategory:Terms with Hunsrik translations#WOLF
Icelandic: úlfur (is) mCategory:Terms with Icelandic translations#WOLF
Ido: volfo (io)Category:Terms with Ido translations#WOLF
Indonesian: serigala (id)Category:Terms with Indonesian translations#WOLF
Ingrian: susiCategory:Terms with Ingrian translations#WOLF, (rare) hunttiCategory:Terms with Ingrian translations#WOLF, (folk poetic) sutoCategory:Terms with Ingrian translations#WOLF
Ingush: борз (borz)Category:Terms with Ingush translations#WOLF
Interlingua: lupo (ia)Category:Terms with Interlingua translations#WOLF
Inuktitut: ᐊᒪᕈᖅ (iu) (amaroq)Category:Terms with Inuktitut translations#WOLF
Inupiaq: amaġuqCategory:Terms with Inupiaq translations#WOLF
Irish: faolchú mCategory:Terms with Irish translations#WOLF, mac tíre mCategory:Terms with Irish translations#WOLF, madra alla mCategory:Terms with Irish translations#WOLF, madra allta mCategory:Terms with Irish translations#WOLF
Middle Irish: fáelCategory:Terms with Middle Irish translations#WOLF, fáelchúCategory:Terms with Middle Irish translations#WOLF, sídachCategory:Terms with Middle Irish translations#WOLF

Old Irish: cúCategory:Terms with Old Irish translations#WOLF, cú allaidCategory:Terms with Old Irish translations#WOLF, macc tíreCategory:Terms with Old Irish translations#WOLF
Istro-Romanian: lup mCategory:Terms with Istro-Romanian translations#WOLF
Italian: lupo (it) mCategory:Terms with Italian translations#WOLF
Itelmen: хивнэCategory:Terms with Itelmen translations#WOLF
Japanese: 狼 (ja) (おおかみ, ōkami)Category:Terms with Japanese translations#WOLF, オオカミ (ja) (ōkami)Category:Terms with Japanese translations#WOLF, ウルフ (ja) (urufu)Category:Terms with Japanese translations#WOLF
Javanese: mbaung (jv)Category:Terms with Javanese translations#WOLF
Kaki Ae: weldokCategory:Terms with Kaki Ae translations#WOLF
Kalasha: grastCategory:Terms with Kalasha translations#WOLF
Kalmyk: чон (çon)Category:Terms with Kalmyk translations#WOLF
Kannada: ತೋಳ (kn) (tōḷa)Category:Terms with Kannada translations#WOLF
Karachay-Balkar: бёрю (börü)Category:Terms with Karachay-Balkar translations#WOLF
Karakalpak: bo'riCategory:Terms with Karakalpak translations#WOLF, qasqırCategory:Terms with Karakalpak translations#WOLF
Karelian: hukkaCategory:Terms with Karelian translations#WOLF
Kashmiri: رامہٕ ہوٗن (ks) (rāmhụ hūn)Category:Terms with Kashmiri translations#WOLF
Kashubian: wilk mCategory:Terms with Kashubian translations#WOLF
Kazakh: бөрі (börı)Category:Terms with Kazakh translations#WOLF, қасқыр (qasqyr)Category:Terms with Kazakh translations#WOLF
Ket: ӄыт (qyt)Category:Terms with Ket translations#WOLF
Khakas: пӱӱр (püür)Category:Terms with Khakas translations#WOLF
Khanty:
Eastern Khanty: ө̆вәр кӱрәп ө̆т (ø̆wər kürəp ø̆t)Category:Terms with Eastern Khanty translations#WOLF

Northern Khanty: вўԓы пурты вой (wŭły purty woj)Category:Terms with Northern Khanty translations#WOLF, пӑсты вой (păsty woj)Category:Terms with Northern Khanty translations#WOLF, пурвой (purwoj)Category:Terms with Northern Khanty translations#WOLF, пурты вой (purty woj)Category:Terms with Northern Khanty translations#WOLF
Khmer: ចចក (km) (cɑcɑɑk)Category:Terms with Khmer translations#WOLF
Khvarshi: боцӏа (boc’a)Category:Terms with Khvarshi translations#WOLF
Komi:
Komi-Zyrian: кӧин (köin)Category:Terms with Komi-Zyrian translations#WOLF
Korean: 늑대 (ko) (neukdae)Category:Terms with Korean translations#WOLF, 이리 (ko) (iri)Category:Terms with Korean translations#WOLF
Koryak: гʼэгылӈын (ʕeɣəlŋən)Category:Koryak terms with non-redundant manual transliterations#WOLF Category:Terms with Koryak translations#WOLF
Kumyk: бёрю (börü)Category:Terms with Kumyk translations#WOLF
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: گورگ (ckb) (gurg)Category:Terms with Central Kurdish translations#WOLF

Laki: گوِرگ (ku) (gwirg)Category:Terms with Laki translations#WOLF

Northern Kurdish: gur (ku) mCategory:Terms with Northern Kurdish translations#WOLF, gurg (ku) mCategory:Terms with Northern Kurdish translations#WOLF

Southern Kurdish: گوِرگ (ku) (gwirg)Category:Terms with Southern Kurdish translations#WOLF
Kyrgyz: бөрү (ky) (börü)Category:Terms with Kyrgyz translations#WOLF, карышкыр (karışkır)Category:Terms with Kyrgyz translations#WOLF
Ladin: louf mCategory:Terms with Ladin translations#WOLF
Ladino:
Hebrew: לוב׳ו mCategory:Terms with Ladino translations#WOLF

Latin: lovo mCategory:Terms with Ladino translations#WOLF
Lak: барцӏ (barcʼ)Category:Terms with Lak translations#WOLF
Lakota: šuŋgmánituCategory:Terms with Lakota translations#WOLF tȟáŋkaCategory:Terms with Lakota translations#WOLF
Lao: ໝາປ່າ (lo) (mā pā)Category:Terms with Lao translations#WOLF, ໝາໄນ (lo) (mā nai)Category:Terms with Lao translations#WOLF, ສິຄາລະ (si khā la)Category:Terms with Lao translations#WOLF
Latgalian: vylksCategory:Terms with Latgalian translations#WOLF
Latin: lupus (la) mCategory:Terms with Latin translations#WOLF
Latvian: vilks (lv) mCategory:Terms with Latvian translations#WOLF
Laz: მგერი (mgeri)Category:Terms with Laz translations#WOLF
Lezgi: жанавур (žanavur)Category:Terms with Lezgi translations#WOLF
Ligurian: lô mCategory:Terms with Ligurian translations#WOLF
Lithuanian: vilkas (lt) mCategory:Terms with Lithuanian translations#WOLF
Livvi: hukkuCategory:Terms with Livvi translations#WOLF
Lolopo: veimarCategory:Terms with Lolopo translations#WOLF
Lombard: loff (lmo) mCategory:Terms with Lombard translations#WOLF, lov (lmo) mCategory:Terms with Lombard translations#WOLF
Low German: Wulf (nds) mCategory:Terms with Low German translations#WOLF
Luxembourgish: Wollef (lb) mCategory:Terms with Luxembourgish translations#WOLF
Macedonian: волк m (volk)Category:Terms with Macedonian translations#WOLF
Malagasy: amboadia (mg)Category:Terms with Malagasy translations#WOLF
Malay:
Jawi: سريݢالاCategory:Terms with Malay translations#WOLF, ذيبCategory:Terms with Malay translations#WOLF

Rumi: serigala (ms)Category:Terms with Malay translations#WOLF, zibCategory:Terms with Malay translations#WOLF
Malayalam: ചെന്നായ് (ml) (cennāyŭ)Category:Terms with Malayalam translations#WOLF
Maltese: dib mCategory:Terms with Maltese translations#WOLF, lupu mCategory:Terms with Maltese translations#WOLF
Manchu: ᠨᡳᠣᡥᡝ (niohe)Category:Terms with Manchu translations#WOLF
Mansi:
Northern Mansi: са̄лы пурнэ ӯй (sāly purnè ūj)Category:Terms with Northern Mansi translations#WOLF, са̄лыуй (sālyuj)Category:Terms with Northern Mansi translations#WOLF, ха̄йтнут (hājtnut)Category:Terms with Northern Mansi translations#WOLF
Manx: moddey oaldey mCategory:Terms with Manx translations#WOLF
Māori: wuruhi (mi)Category:Terms with Māori translations#WOLF, wuruwhiCategory:Terms with Māori translations#WOLF
Marathi: लांडगा m (lāṇḍgā)Category:Terms with Marathi translations#WOLF, वृक m (vŕk)Category:Terms with Marathi translations#WOLF
Mari:
Eastern Mari: пире (pire)Category:Terms with Eastern Mari translations#WOLF

Western Mari: пирӹ (pirÿ)Category:Terms with Western Mari translations#WOLF
Mazanderani: ورگ (vërg)Category:Terms with Mazanderani translations#WOLF
Mi'kmaq: paqt'sm animCategory:Terms with Mi'kmaq translations#WOLF, paqtesm animCategory:Terms with Mi'kmaq translations#WOLF, paqte'smug animCategory:Terms with Mi'kmaq translations#WOLF
Mingo: utháyôniCategory:Terms with Mingo translations#WOLF
Mingrelian: გერი (geri)Category:Terms with Mingrelian translations#WOLF
Mirandese: lhobo mCategory:Terms with Mirandese translations#WOLF
Miwok:
Central Sierra Miwok: húŋ·u-Category:Terms with Central Sierra Miwok translations#WOLF
Mizo: chinghniaCategory:Terms with Mizo translations#WOLF
Mòcheno: bolf mCategory:Terms with Mòcheno translations#WOLF
Moksha: врьгаз (vŕgaz)Category:Terms with Moksha translations#WOLF
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: чоно (mn) (čono)Category:Terms with Mongolian translations#WOLF
Muong: khỏlCategory:Terms with Muong translations#WOLF
Nahuatl: cuetlāchtli (nah)Category:Terms with Nahuatl translations#WOLF
Nanai: енгур (jeŋur)Category:Terms with Nanai translations#WOLF
Navajo: mąʼiitsohCategory:Terms with Navajo translations#WOLF
Naxi: paqkeeCategory:Terms with Naxi translations#WOLF, xulkeeCategory:Terms with Naxi translations#WOLF
Nenets:
Tundra Nenets: ӈылека (ŋilyeka)Category:Terms with Tundra Nenets translations#WOLF, сармик (sarmyik°)Category:Terms with Tundra Nenets translations#WOLF
Nepali: ब्वाँसो (bwā̃so)Category:Terms with Nepali translations#WOLF
Nganasan: ӈӱлиаӡәCategory:Terms with Nganasan translations#WOLF
Nivkh: лиғс (liγs)Category:Terms with Nivkh translations#WOLF
Nogai: боьри (böri)Category:Terms with Nogai translations#WOLF
Nootka: qʷayac̕iikCategory:Terms with Nootka translations#WOLF
Norwegian:
Bokmål: ulv (no) mCategory:Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations#WOLF, varg mCategory:Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations#WOLF, gråbein mCategory:Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations#WOLF (noa term)

Nynorsk: ulv (nn) mCategory:Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations#WOLF, varg mCategory:Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations#WOLF, gråbein mCategory:Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations#WOLF (noa term)
Nuosu: ꆿꍫ (lat cho)Category:Terms with Nuosu translations#WOLF, ꆿꆚ (lat hlip)Category:Terms with Nuosu translations#WOLF
Occitan: lop (oc) mCategory:Terms with Occitan translations#WOLF
Odia: ଗଧିଆ (or) (gadhiā)Category:Terms with Odia translations#WOLF
Ojibwe: ma'iinganCategory:Terms with Ojibwe translations#WOLF
Old Church Slavonic:
Cyrillic: влькъ m (vlĭkŭ)Category:Terms with Old Church Slavonic translations#WOLF, вльчица f (vlĭčica)Category:Terms with Old Church Slavonic translations#WOLF

Glagolitic: ⰲⰾⱐⰽⱏ m (vlĭkŭ)Category:Terms with Old Church Slavonic translations#WOLF
Old East Slavic: вълкъ m (vŭlkŭ)Category:Terms with Old East Slavic translations#WOLF
Old English: wulf mCategory:Terms with Old English translations#WOLF
Old Norse: úlfr mCategory:Terms with Old Norse translations#WOLF
Old Prussian: wilkisCategory:Terms with Old Prussian translations#WOLF
Oromo: yeeyyiiCategory:Terms with Oromo translations#WOLF
Oroqen: guykəCategory:Terms with Oroqen translations#WOLF
Ossetian: бирӕгъ (biræǧ)Category:Terms with Ossetian translations#WOLF
Otomi:
Estado de México Otomi: loboCategory:Terms with Estado de México Otomi translations#WOLF
Pali: vaka mCategory:Terms with Pali translations#WOLF
Pannonian Rusyn: вовк m (vovk)Category:Terms with Pannonian Rusyn translations#WOLF
Pashto: لېوه (ps) m (lewë)Category:Terms with Pashto translations#WOLF, شرمښ (ps) m (šërmëẍ)Category:Terms with Pashto translations#WOLF
Pawnee: ckírihkiCategory:Terms with Pawnee translations#WOLF
Persian:
Dari: گُرْگ (gurg)Category:Terms with Dari translations#WOLF Category:Terms with Persian translations#WOLF

Iranian Persian: گُرْگ (gorg)Category:Terms with Iranian Persian translations#WOLF Category:Terms with Persian translations#WOLF
Piedmontese: luv mCategory:Terms with Piedmontese translations#WOLF
Plautdietsch: Wulf (nds) mCategory:Terms with Plautdietsch translations#WOLF
Polabian: våuk mCategory:Terms with Polabian translations#WOLF
Polish: wilk (pl) m animCategory:Terms with Polish translations#WOLF, basior (pl) m animCategory:Terms with Polish translations#WOLF, wadera (pl) fCategory:Terms with Polish translations#WOLF
Portuguese: lobo (pt) mCategory:Terms with Portuguese translations#WOLF
Powhatan: naantamCategory:Terms with Powhatan translations#WOLF
Punjabi:
Gurmukhi: ਬਘਿਆੜ (pa) m (baghiāṛa)Category:Terms with Punjabi translations#WOLF

Shahmukhi: بَگِھیاڑ m (baghieyāṛ)Category:Terms with Punjabi translations#WOLF
Quechua: atawkaCategory:Terms with Quechua translations#WOLF
Rohingya: rañgkuñirCategory:Terms with Rohingya translations#WOLF
Romani: ruv mCategory:Terms with Romani translations#WOLF
Romanian: lup (ro) mCategory:Terms with Romanian translations#WOLF
Romansh: luf mCategory:Terms with Romansh translations#WOLF, louf mCategory:Terms with Romansh translations#WOLF
Russian: волк (ru) m (volk)Category:Terms with Russian translations#WOLF, волчи́ца (ru) f (volčíca)Category:Terms with Russian translations#WOLF
Sabine: hirpusCategory:Terms with Sabine translations#WOLF
Salar: boriCategory:Terms with Salar translations#WOLF
Sami:
Kildin Sami: пальтэсь (pal’tes’)Category:Terms with Kildin Sami translations#WOLF, скуммьп (skumm’p)Category:Terms with Kildin Sami translations#WOLF

Northern Sami: gumpeCategory:Terms with Northern Sami translations#WOLF

Skolt Sami: čõrmmCategory:Terms with Skolt Sami translations#WOLF
Samogitian: vėlks mCategory:Terms with Samogitian translations#WOLF
Sanskrit: वृक (sa) m (vṛka)Category:Terms with Sanskrit translations#WOLF, श्वक (sa) m (śvaka)Category:Terms with Sanskrit translations#WOLF
Sardinian: lupu mCategory:Terms with Sardinian translations#WOLF
Scots: woufCategory:Terms with Scots translations#WOLF
Scottish Gaelic: faol mCategory:Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations#WOLF, madadh-allaidh mCategory:Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations#WOLF
Senni:
Koyraboro Senni: ganjihanŝiCategory:Terms with Koyraboro Senni translations#WOLF
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: ву̑к mCategory:Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations#WOLF

Latin: vȗk (sh) mCategory:Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations#WOLF
Seri: xeecojCategory:Terms with Seri translations#WOLF, ziix yaacö caaixajCategory:Terms with Seri translations#WOLF
Sherpa: སྤྱང་ཀུ (spyang ku)Category:Sherpa terms with non-redundant manual transliterations#WOLF Category:Terms with Sherpa translations#WOLF
Shor: пӧрӱ (pörü)Category:Terms with Shor translations#WOLF
Sicilian: lupu (scn) mCategory:Terms with Sicilian translations#WOLF
Sinhalese: වෘකයා (wr̥kayā)Category:Terms with Sinhalese translations#WOLF
Slovak: vlk (sk) mCategory:Terms with Slovak translations#WOLF
Slovene: volk (sl) mCategory:Terms with Slovene translations#WOLF
Somali: yey (so)Category:Terms with Somali translations#WOLF
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: wjelk mCategory:Terms with Lower Sorbian translations#WOLF

Upper Sorbian: wjelk mCategory:Terms with Upper Sorbian translations#WOLF
Spanish: lobo (es) mCategory:Terms with Spanish translations#WOLF
Sumerian: 𒌨𒁇𒊏 (urbarra)Category:Terms with Sumerian translations#WOLF
Svan: თხე̄რე (txēre)Category:Terms with Svan translations#WOLF
Swahili: mbwa mwitu (sw) class 9/10Category:Terms with Swahili translations#WOLF
Swedish: varg (sv) cCategory:Terms with Swedish translations#WOLF, ulv (sv) cCategory:Terms with Swedish translations#WOLF
Sylheti: please add this translation if you canCategory:Requests for translations into Sylheti#WOLF
Tabasaran: жанавар (žanavar)Category:Terms with Tabasaran translations#WOLF
Tagalog: lobo (tl)Category:Terms with Tagalog translations#WOLF
Tahltan: ch’iyōneCategory:Terms with Tahltan translations#WOLF
Tajik: гург (tg) (gurg)Category:Terms with Tajik translations#WOLF
Tamil: ஓநாய் (ta) (ōnāy)Category:Terms with Tamil translations#WOLF
Taos: kòlénaCategory:Terms with Taos translations#WOLF
Tarifit: uššen mCategory:Terms with Tarifit translations#WOLF
Tat: gürgCategory:Terms with Tat translations#WOLF
Tatar: бүре (tt) (büre)Category:Terms with Tatar translations#WOLF
Tày: ma nuầyCategory:Terms with Tày translations#WOLF
Telugu: తోడేలు (te) (tōḍēlu)Category:Terms with Telugu translations#WOLF
T'en: laputCategory:T'en terms in nonstandard scripts#WOLF Category:Terms with T'en translations#WOLF
Thai: หมาป่า (th) (mǎa-bpàa)Category:Terms with Thai translations#WOLF, สุนัขป่า (sù-nák-bpàa)Category:Terms with Thai translations#WOLF
Tibetan: སྦྱང་ཀུ (sbyang ku)Category:Terms with Tibetan translations#WOLF, སྤྱང་ཀི (spyang ki)Category:Terms with Tibetan translations#WOLF
Tigrinya: ተዅላ (täxʷla)Category:Terms with Tigrinya translations#WOLF
Tlingit: g̱oochCategory:Terms with Tlingit translations#WOLF
Tocharian B: walkweCategory:Terms with Tocharian B translations#WOLF
Tok Pisin: weldokCategory:Terms with Tok Pisin translations#WOLF
Turkish: kurt (tr)Category:Terms with Turkish translations#WOLF, börü (tr)Category:Terms with Turkish translations#WOLF
Ottoman Turkish: قورت (kurt)Category:Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations#WOLF
Turkmen: böri (tk)Category:Terms with Turkmen translations#WOLF, gurtCategory:Terms with Turkmen translations#WOLF, möjek (tk)Category:Terms with Turkmen translations#WOLF
Tutchone:
Northern Tutchone: agayCategory:Terms with Northern Tutchone translations#WOLF

Southern Tutchone: ägayCategory:Terms with Southern Tutchone translations#WOLF (Aishihik)
Tuvan: бөрү (börü)Category:Terms with Tuvan translations#WOLF
Udi: ул (ul)Category:Terms with Udi translations#WOLF
Udmurt: кион (kion)Category:Terms with Udmurt translations#WOLF
Ukrainian: вовк (uk) m (vovk)Category:Terms with Ukrainian translations#WOLF, вовчи́ця f (vovčýcja)Category:Terms with Ukrainian translations#WOLF, вовчи́ха f (vovčýxa)Category:Terms with Ukrainian translations#WOLF
Unami: tëmeCategory:Terms with Unami translations#WOLF
Urak Lawoi': อาซู ฮูตัด (asu hutat)Category:Terms with Urak Lawoi' translations#WOLF
Urdu: بھیڑِیا m (bheṛiyā)Category:Terms with Urdu translations#WOLF, گُرْگ m (gurg)Category:Terms with Urdu translations#WOLF
Urum: джанаварCategory:Terms with Urum translations#WOLF
Uyghur: قۇرت (qurt)Category:Terms with Uyghur translations#WOLF, بۆرە (ug) (böre)Category:Terms with Uyghur translations#WOLF, قاراشقاۇ (qarashqau)Category:Terms with Uyghur translations#WOLF, قارىشقۇ (qarishqu)Category:Terms with Uyghur translations#WOLF
Uzbek: boʻri (uz)Category:Terms with Uzbek translations#WOLF, qashqir (uz)Category:Terms with Uzbek translations#WOLF
Venetan: łovo mCategory:Terms with Venetan translations#WOLF, lovo (vec) mCategory:Terms with Venetan translations#WOLF
Veps: händikazCategory:Terms with Veps translations#WOLF
Vietnamese: sói (vi)Category:Terms with Vietnamese translations#WOLF, chó sói (vi)Category:Terms with Vietnamese translations#WOLF
Vilamovian: wūf mCategory:Terms with Vilamovian translations#WOLF
Volapük: lup (vo)Category:Terms with Volapük translations#WOLF, ludogCategory:Terms with Volapük translations#WOLF (obsolete)
Võro: susiCategory:Terms with Võro translations#WOLF
Votic: susiCategory:Terms with Votic translations#WOLF
Walloon: leu (wa) mCategory:Terms with Walloon translations#WOLF
Welsh: blaidd (cy) mCategory:Terms with Welsh translations#WOLF
Winnebago: šųųkjąkCategory:Terms with Winnebago translations#WOLF
Wolaytta: worakanaaCategory:Terms with Wolaytta translations#WOLF
Yaghnobi: урк (urk)Category:Terms with Yaghnobi translations#WOLF
Yakut: бөрө (börö)Category:Terms with Yakut translations#WOLF
Yiddish: וואָלף m (volf)Category:Terms with Yiddish translations#WOLF
Yokuts:
Southern Valley Yokuts: yawlicʼCategory:Terms with Southern Valley Yokuts translations#WOLF (Yawelmani)
Yup'ik: kegluneqCategory:Terms with Yup'ik translations#WOLF
Zazaki: verg (diq)Category:Terms with Zazaki translations#WOLF
Zhuang: manaezCategory:Terms with Zhuang translations#WOLF
Zulu: inja yasendle class 9/10Category:Terms with Zulu translations#WOLF
Zuni: yuna:wik'oCategory:Terms with Zuni translations#WOLF

constellation — see Lupus

man who makes amorous advances on many women

Category:Entries with translation boxes#WOLF

Catalan: faldiller (ca) mCategory:Terms with Catalan translations#WOLF
Danish: don juan cCategory:Terms with Danish translations#WOLF
Faroese: konufólkarevur mCategory:Terms with Faroese translations#WOLF, revur mCategory:Terms with Faroese translations#WOLF
Finnish: häntäheikki (fi)Category:Terms with Finnish translations#WOLF, naistenmies (fi)Category:Terms with Finnish translations#WOLF
French: tombeur (fr) mCategory:Terms with French translations#WOLF
Italian: donnaiolo (it) mCategory:Terms with Italian translations#WOLF
Portuguese: mulherengo (pt) mCategory:Terms with Portuguese translations#WOLF
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: жѐнска̄р mCategory:Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations#WOLF

Latin: žènskār (sh) mCategory:Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations#WOLF
Spanish: mujeriego (es) mCategory:Terms with Spanish translations#WOLF

unpleasant musical tone

Category:Entries with translation boxes#WOLF

References

“wolf”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Verb

wolf (third-person singular simple present wolfs, present participle wolfing, simple past and past participle wolfed)

Category:English lemmas#WOLF Category:English verbs#WOLF Category:English entries with incorrect language header#WOLF Category:Pages with entries#WOLF Category:Pages with 11 entries#WOLF

Wikidata has a Lexeme related to:

wolf (L333521)

(transitive Category:English transitive verbs#WOLF) To devour; to gobble; to eat (something) voraciously.
- 1918, Norman Lindsay, The Magic Pudding, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 150:
  "Here's these legal ferrets has got our Puddin' in their clutches, and here's us, spellbound with anguish, watchin' them wolfin' it."
  Category:English terms with quotations#WOLF
- 1987, James Ellroy, The Black Dahlia:
  After a wolfed burger dinner, I called the night number at Administrative Vice and inquired about known lesbian gathering places.
  Category:English terms with quotations#WOLF
- 2013, Neil Martin, Collected Stories of the Sea:
  Vicars seated himself and began wolfing a sandwich.
  Category:English terms with quotations#WOLF
(intransitive Category:English intransitive verbs#WOLF, slang Category:English slang#WOLF) To make amorous advances to many women; to hit on women; to cruise for sex.
- 1949, Nelson Algren, The Man with the Golden Arm:
  [1940s Chicago punk:] ‘I’ve seen a thing or two in my time,’ he still liked to boast, ‘that was how I found out the best place for wolfin’ ain’t the taverns. It ain’t in dance halls ’r on North Clark on Saturday night. It’s in the front row in Sunday school on Sunday mornin’. Oh yeh, I know a thing or two, I been around.’
  Category:English terms with quotations#WOLF
(intransitive Category:English intransitive verbs#WOLF) To hunt for wolves.

Alternative forms

wolve (rare)

Synonyms

(devour, gobble): gulp down, wolf down

Translations

to devour

Category:Entries with translation boxes#WOLF

Arabic: اِلْتَهَمَ بِشَرَاهَة (iltahama bi-šarāha)Category:Arabic terms with non-redundant manual transliterations#WOLF Category:Terms with Arabic translations#WOLF
Czech: hltat impfCategory:Terms with Czech translations#WOLF, zhltnout (cs) pfCategory:Terms with Czech translations#WOLF, slupnout pfCategory:Terms with Czech translations#WOLF
Finnish: hotkia (fi)Category:Terms with Finnish translations#WOLF, ahmia (fi)Category:Terms with Finnish translations#WOLF
French: dévorer (fr)Category:Terms with French translations#WOLF, engloutir (fr)Category:Terms with French translations#WOLF
Galician: devorar (gl)Category:Terms with Galician translations#WOLF, engulir (gl)Category:Terms with Galician translations#WOLF, galdrumarCategory:Terms with Galician translations#WOLF
German: herunterschlingenCategory:Terms with German translations#WOLF
Greek: καταβροχθίζω (el) (katavrochthízo)Category:Terms with Greek translations#WOLF, χλαπακιάζω (el) (chlapakiázo)Category:Terms with Greek translations#WOLF
Hebrew: זלל (he) (zalal)Category:Terms with Hebrew translations#WOLF
Italian: divorare (it)Category:Terms with Italian translations#WOLF
Korean: 게걸스레 먹다 (gegeolseure meokda)Category:Terms with Korean translations#WOLF
Latin: devorareCategory:Terms with Latin translations#WOLF
Māori: apuCategory:Terms with Māori translations#WOLF, whāōCategory:Terms with Māori translations#WOLF
Polish: pożreć (pl)Category:Terms with Polish translations#WOLF, pochłonąć (pl)Category:Terms with Polish translations#WOLF
Portuguese: devorar (pt)Category:Terms with Portuguese translations#WOLF
Russian: пожира́ть (ru) impf (požirátʹ)Category:Terms with Russian translations#WOLF, пожра́ть (ru) pf (požrátʹ)Category:Terms with Russian translations#WOLF
Serbo-Croatian: žderati (sh)Category:Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations#WOLF
Spanish: devorar (es)Category:Terms with Spanish translations#WOLF, engullir (es)Category:Terms with Spanish translations#WOLF
Swahili: -akiaCategory:Terms with Swahili translations#WOLF, -laCategory:Terms with Swahili translations#WOLF, -sakataCategory:Terms with Swahili translations#WOLF
Thai: ขม้ำ (th) (khà màhm)Category:Terms with Thai translations#WOLF, สวาปาม (th) (swáá bpaam)Category:Terms with Thai translations#WOLF

References

“wolf”, in Merriam-Webster.com Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.

↑ Wells, J. C. (1982), Accents of English. Vol. 3: Beyond the British Isles, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 551
↑ “wolf”, in Merriam-Webster.com Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
↑ Kristin Denham and Anne Lobeck, in Linguistics for Everyone: An Introduction (2009), page 136

Anagrams

flow, fowl

Category:en:Wolves#WOLF Category:en:Moths#WOLF Category:en:Spiders#WOLF

Afrikaans

Afrikaans Wikipedia has an article on:

wolf

Wikipedia ^af

Etymology

Pronunciation

Audio: (file)
Category:Afrikaans terms with audio pronunciation#WOLF

Noun

wolf (plural wolwe)Category:Afrikaans lemmas#WOLF Category:Afrikaans nouns#WOLF Category:Afrikaans entries with incorrect language header#WOLF Category:Pages with entries#WOLF Category:Pages with 11 entries#WOLF

(countable Category:Afrikaans countable nouns#WOLF) wolf (Canis lupus; the largest wild member of the canine subfamily)

Category:af:Wolves#WOLF

Alemannic German

Etymology

References

Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Luserna / Lusérn: Le nostre parole / Ünsarne börtar / Unsere Wörter [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien

Category:gsw:Wolves#WOLF

Dutch

Dutch Wikipedia has an article on:

wolf

Wikipedia ^nl

Twee *wolven* in de sneeuw. — Two *wolves* in the snow.

Etymology

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ʋɔlf/Category:Dutch terms with IPA pronunciation#WOLF
Audio: (file)
Category:Dutch terms with audio pronunciation#WOLF
Hyphenation: wolf
Rhymes: -ɔlf Category:Rhymes:Dutch/ɔlf#WOLF Category:Rhymes:Dutch/ɔlf/1 syllable#WOLF

Noun

wolf m (plural wolven, diminutive wolfje n, feminine wolvin)

Category:Dutch lemmas#WOLF Category:Dutch nouns#WOLF Category:Dutch nouns with plural in -en#WOLF Category:Dutch entries with incorrect language header#WOLF Category:Dutch masculine nouns#WOLF Category:Pages with entries#WOLF Category:Pages with 11 entries#WOLF

Wikidata has a Lexeme related to:

wolf (L1416820)

(countable Category:Dutch countable nouns#WOLF) wolf (Canis lupus; the largest wild member of the canine subfamily)
Ze gingen de wolven bekijken in de dierentuin.
They went to look at the wolves in the zoo.
Category:Dutch terms with usage examples#WOLF
one of many other canids of the family Canidae, especially of the genus Canis
Er bestaan verschillende soorten wolven.
Various species of wolves exist.
Category:Dutch terms with usage examples#WOLF

Descendants

Afrikaans: wolf
Jersey Dutch: wâlf
Negerhollands: wuluwuluk
- → Virgin Islands Creole: wuluwuluk (dated)

Category:nl:Wolves#WOLF

Hawaiian Creole

Etymology

Derived from English Category:Hawaiian Creole terms derived from English#WOLF wolf.

Noun

wolfCategory:Hawaiian Creole lemmas#WOLF Category:Hawaiian Creole nouns#WOLF Category:Hawaiian Creole entries with incorrect language header#WOLF Category:Pages with entries#WOLF Category:Pages with 11 entries#WOLF

(countable Category:Hawaiian Creole countable nouns#WOLF) wolf (Canis lupus; the largest wild member of the canine subfamily)
- 2000, “Matthew 10”, in Joseph Grimes, transl., Da Jesus Book: Hawaii Pidgin New Testament‎, Wycliffe Bible Translators, →ISBN, page 29:
  You know, I sending you guys out jalike sheeps, an you guys goin go wea da wild wolfs stay. So you guys gotta tink, jalike da snakes, an no hurt nobody, jalike da doves.
  See, I am sending you out as sheep among wolves. Be therefore as wise as serpents, and as innocent as doves.
  Category:Hawaiian Creole terms with quotations#WOLF

Middle Dutch

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wolf mCategory:Middle Dutch lemmas#WOLF Category:Middle Dutch nouns#WOLF Category:Middle Dutch entries with incorrect language header#WOLF Category:Middle Dutch masculine nouns#WOLF Category:Pages with entries#WOLF Category:Pages with 11 entries#WOLF

Category:dum:Canids#WOLF wolf, grey wolf

Inflection

Strong masculine noun
	singular	plural
nominative	wolf	wolve
accusative	wolf	wolve
genitive	wolfs	wolve
dative	wolve	wolven

Category:Middle Dutch strong masculine nouns#WOLF

Derived terms

wēerwolf

Descendants

Dutch: wolf
- Afrikaans: wolf
- Jersey Dutch: wâlf
- Negerhollands: wuluwuluk
  - → Virgin Islands Creole: wuluwuluk (dated)
Limburgish: wólf

Middle English

Alternative forms

wolfe, woulf, wulf

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Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /wulf/Category:Middle English terms with IPA pronunciation#WOLF

Noun

wolf (plural wolves, diminutive wolfy, wolfie)Category:Middle English lemmas#WOLF Category:Middle English nouns#WOLF Category:Middle English entries with incorrect language header#WOLF Category:Pages with entries#WOLF Category:Pages with 11 entries#WOLF

(countable Category:Middle English countable nouns#WOLF) wolf (Canis lupus; the largest wild member of the canine subfamily)
(figurative) terrifying person

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English: wolf
- → Ido: volfo (also from German)
- → Marshallese: oļip
Middle Scots: wolf, woulf
- Scots: wouf, oof, ouf, woof

Category:enm:Wolves#WOLF

Middle High German

Etymology

Category:Middle High German terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic#WOLF Category:Middle High German terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European word *wĺ̥kʷos#WOLF Category:Middle High German terms derived from Proto-Germanic#WOLF Category:Middle High German terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European#WOLF Category:Middle High German terms derived from Old High German#WOLF Category:Middle High German terms derived from Proto-West Germanic#WOLF Category:Middle High German terms derived from Proto-Indo-European#WOLF Category:Middle High German terms inherited from Proto-Germanic#WOLF Category:Middle High German terms inherited from Old High German#WOLF Category:Pages using etymon with no ID#WOLF

Inherited from Old High German Category:Middle High German terms inherited from Old High German#WOLF Category:Middle High German terms derived from Old High German#WOLF wolf, from Proto-West Germanic Category:Middle High German terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic#WOLF Category:Middle High German terms derived from Proto-West Germanic#WOLF *wulf, from Proto-Germanic Category:Middle High German terms inherited from Proto-Germanic#WOLF Category:Middle High German terms derived from Proto-Germanic#WOLF *wulfaz, from Proto-Indo-European Category:Middle High German terms derived from Proto-Indo-European#WOLF *wĺ̥kʷos.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (before 13^th CE) /ˈwolf/Category:Middle High German terms with IPA pronunciation#WOLF

Noun

wolf mCategory:Middle High German lemmas#WOLF Category:Middle High German nouns#WOLF Category:Middle High German entries with incorrect language header#WOLF Category:Middle High German masculine nouns#WOLF Category:Pages with entries#WOLF Category:Pages with 11 entries#WOLF

(countable Category:Middle High German countable nouns#WOLF) wolf (Canis lupus; the largest wild member of the canine subfamily)

Declension

Declension of wolf (strong masculine without umlaut)

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	dër	wolf	die	wolve
genitive	eines	dës	wolves	dër	wolve
dative	eime	dëm	wolve	dën	wolven
accusative	einen	dën	wolf	die	wolve

Category:Middle High German strong masculine nouns without umlaut#WOLF

Descendants

Alemannic German: wolf (Italian Walser)
Bavarian: Woif, Wolf
Cimbrian: bolf

Mòcheno: bolf

Udinese: bolf, bölf
German: Wolf
Hunsrik: Wollef
Luxembourgish: Wollef
Pennsylvania German: Wolf
Vilamovian: wūf
Yiddish: וואָלף (volf)

Category:gmh:Wolves#WOLF

Old High German

Etymology

Category:Old High German terms derived from Proto-Germanic#WOLF Category:Old High German terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic#WOLF Category:Old High German terms derived from Proto-West Germanic#WOLF Category:Old High German terms derived from Proto-Indo-European#WOLF Category:Old High German terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European word *wĺ̥kʷos#WOLF Category:Old High German terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European#WOLF Category:Old High German terms inherited from Proto-Germanic#WOLF Category:Pages using etymon with no ID#WOLF

From Proto-West Germanic Category:Old High German terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic#WOLF Category:Old High German terms derived from Proto-West Germanic#WOLF *wulf, from Proto-Germanic Category:Old High German terms inherited from Proto-Germanic#WOLF Category:Old High German terms derived from Proto-Germanic#WOLF *wulfaz.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /wolf/Category:Old High German terms with IPA pronunciation#WOLF

Noun

wolf m (plural wolfa)Category:Old High German lemmas#WOLF Category:Old High German nouns#WOLF Category:Old High German entries with incorrect language header#WOLF Category:Old High German masculine nouns#WOLF Category:Pages with entries#WOLF Category:Pages with 11 entries#WOLF

(countable Category:Old High German countable nouns#WOLF) wolf (Canis lupus; the largest wild member of the canine subfamily)

Declension

Declension of *wolf* (masculine a-stem)
case	singular	plural
nominative	wolf	wolfā, wolfa
accusative	wolf	wolfā, wolfa
genitive	wolfes	wolfo
dative	wolfe	wolfum
instrumental	wolfu	—

Category:Old High German a-stem nouns#WOLF

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Descendants

Middle High German: wolf
- Alemannic German: wolf (Italian Walser)
- Bavarian: Woif, Wolf
  Cimbrian: bolf
  Mòcheno: bolf
  Udinese: bolf, bölf
- German: Wolf
- Hunsrik: Wollef
- Luxembourgish: Wollef
- Pennsylvania German: Wolf
- Vilamovian: wūf
- Yiddish: וואָלף (volf)

Category:goh:Wolves#WOLF

Scots

Noun

wolf (plural wolves)Category:Scots lemmas#WOLF Category:Scots nouns#WOLF Category:Scots entries with incorrect language header#WOLF Category:Pages with entries#WOLF Category:Pages with 11 entries#WOLF

alternative form of wouf
- 1904, “John X”, in William Wye Smith, transl., The New Testament in Braid Scots‎, Paisley: Alexander Gardner, page 130:
  But the orra man for a fee, wha isna the herd, and auchts‐na the sheep, whan he sees the wolf comin doon, lea’s them and flees ; and the wolf grips them, and skails them abreid.
  The hired hand sees the wolf coming, abandons the sheep and runs away because they do not belong to him. The wolf attacks and scatters the flock.
  Category:Scots terms with quotations#WOLF

West Frisian

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wolf c (plural wolven, diminutive wolfke)Category:West Frisian lemmas#WOLF Category:West Frisian nouns#WOLF Category:West Frisian entries with incorrect language header#WOLF Category:West Frisian common-gender nouns#WOLF Category:Pages with entries#WOLF Category:Pages with 11 entries#WOLF

(countable Category:West Frisian countable nouns#WOLF) wolf (Canis lupus; the largest wild member of the canine subfamily)

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