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dhole

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /dəʊl/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • /dɒl/ doll–dole merger
  • General-American: /doʊl/
  • rhymes with -əʊl
  • homophone: dole
  • homophone: doll (doll–dole merger)
  • CMU ARPABET: D OW1 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

An Asian wild dog, Cuon alpinus.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: biology, natural-sciences, zoology

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

fierce wild dog of the forests of central and southeast Asia that hunts in packs

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Cuon alpinus

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: wild dog

History

Etymology

Related to Kannada ತೋಳ (tōḷa, “wolf”).

Across languages

Translations

73 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: دُول (dūl) — Asian wild dog
  • Assamese: ৰাং কুকুৰ (raṅ kukur) — Asian wild dog
  • Bengali: রামকুত্তা (ramkutta) — Asian wild dog
  • Burmese: တောခွေး (tau:hkwe:) — Asian wild dog
  • Buryat: зурби (zurbi) — Asian wild dog
  • Mara Chin: changie — Asian wild dog
  • Chinese: цэгу (cegu) — Asian wild dog
  • Chinese Mandarin: 豺 (chái) — Asian wild dog
  • Chinese Mandarin: 豺狗 (cháigǒu) — Asian wild dog
  • Chinese Mandarin: 猱犬 (náoquǎn) — Asian wild dog
  • Dzongkha: འཕརཝ ('phar.w) — Asian wild dog
  • Erzya: пандоверьгиз (pandoveŕgiz) — Asian wild dog
  • Evenki: дяргул (ʒargul) — Asian wild dog
  • Finnish: vuorisusi — Asian wild dog
  • Finnish: aasianvillikoira — Asian wild dog
  • French: dhole — Asian wild dog
  • German: Rothund — Asian wild dog
  • Gujarati: કુત્ર (kutra) — Asian wild dog
  • Hebrew: דּוֹל מָצוּי (dol matzui) — Asian wild dog
  • Hebrew: דּוֹל (dol) — Asian wild dog
  • Hindi: सोनकुत्ता (sonkuttā) — Asian wild dog
  • Hindi: ढोल (ḍhol) — Asian wild dog
  • Hindi: जंगली कुत्ता (jaṅglī kuttā) — Asian wild dog
  • Indonesian: anjing hutan — Asian wild dog
  • Italian: cuon alpino — Asian wild dog
  • Japanese: ドール (dōru) — Asian wild dog
  • Javanese: asu alas — Asian wild dog
  • Kannada: ಕಾಡು ನಾಯಿ (kāḍu nāyi) — Asian wild dog
  • Kannada: ಕೊರ್ಕು (korku) — Asian wild dog
  • Kannada: ಕೆನ್ನಾಯಿ (kennāyi) — Asian wild dog
  • Kashmiri: وَن ہوٗن (van hūn) — Asian wild dog
  • Kazakh: қызыл қасқыр (qyzyl qasqyr) — Asian wild dog
  • Khmer: ឆ្កែចចក (chkae cɑɑcɑcɑɑk) — Asian wild dog
  • Khmer: ឆ្កែព្រៃ (chkae prɨy) — Asian wild dog
  • Khmer: ចចក (cɑɑcɑcɑɑk) — Asian wild dog
  • Korean: 승냥이 (seungnyang'i) — Asian wild dog
  • Lao: ຫມາໃນ (mā nai) — Asian wild dog
  • Lepcha: ᰠᰊᰪᰰ (sa-tun) — Asian wild dog
  • Lutuv: cahnie — Asian wild dog
  • Malay: anjing hutan — Asian wild dog
  • Malay: انجيڠ هوتن — Asian wild dog
  • Malayalam: ചെന്നായ (cennāya) — Asian wild dog
  • Maltese: kelb selvaġġ tal-Asja — Asian wild dog
  • Manchu: ᠵᠠᡵᡥᡡ (jarhū) — Asian wild dog
  • Marathi: कोळसना (koḷasnā) — Asian wild dog
  • Marathi: कोळसरा (koḷasrā) — Asian wild dog
  • Marathi: कोळसा (koḷsā) — Asian wild dog
  • Marathi: कोळसून (koḷsūn) — Asian wild dog
  • Marathi: भारतीय रानकुत्रा (bhārtīy rānkutrā) — Asian wild dog
  • Mongolian: цөөвөр чоно (cöövör čono) — Asian wild dog
  • Mongolian: шарнууд (šarnuud) — Asian wild dog
  • Nepali: वन कुकुर (van kukura) — Asian wild dog
  • Nivkh: чорамлач (ț’oramlaț’) — Asian wild dog
  • Odia: ବଳିଆ କୁକୁର (baḷiā kukura) — Asian wild dog
  • Odia: ଢୋଲ୍ (ḍhol) — Asian wild dog
  • Odia: କୋକବଲିଆ (kokabaliā) — Asian wild dog
  • Polish: cyjon — Asian wild dog
  • Romanian: dol — Asian wild dog
  • Romanian: câine sălbatic asiatic — Asian wild dog
  • Russian: кра́сный волк (krásnyj volk) — Asian wild dog
  • Russian: ди́кая соба́ка (díkaja sobáka) — Asian wild dog
  • Spanish: cuón — Asian wild dog
  • Sundanese: ajag — Asian wild dog
  • Tamil: செந்நாய் (cennāy) — Asian wild dog
  • Telugu: రేచు కుక్క (rēcu kukka) — Asian wild dog
  • Telugu: అడవి కుక్క (aḍavi kukka) — Asian wild dog
  • Telugu: రేచుకుక్కలు (rēcukukkalu) — Asian wild dog
  • Thai: หมาใน (mǎa-nai) — Asian wild dog
  • Tibetan: འཕར་སྤྱང ('phar spyang) — Asian wild dog
  • Urdu: جنگلی کتا (jaṅglī kuttā) — Asian wild dog
  • Vietnamese: chó rừng — Asian wild dog
  • Vietnamese: chó sói lửa — Asian wild dog
  • Vietnamese: sói đỏ — Asian wild dog