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