Phrase guide

fox cub

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A young fox.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: cub, kit, foxlet, foxling

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From fox + cub.

Across languages

Translations

24 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: جَرْو ثَعْلَب (jarw ṯaʕlab) — young fox
  • Basque: azerikume — young fox
  • Belarusian: лісяня́ (lisjanjá) — young fox
  • Belarusian: лісянё (lisjanjó) — young fox
  • Czech: lišče — young fox
  • Czech: lištička — young fox
  • Esperanto: vulpido — young fox
  • Finnish: ketunpentu — young fox
  • French: renardeau — young fox
  • Georgian: მელის ლეკვი (melis leḳvi) — young fox
  • German: Fuchswelpe — young fox
  • Greek: αλεπουδάκι (alepoudáki) — young fox
  • Greenlandic: terianniaraq — young fox
  • Italian: volpacchiotto — young fox
  • Kalmyk: һавр (ğavr) — young fox
  • Macedonian: лисиче (lisiče) — young fox
  • Mongolian: гавар (gavar) — young fox
  • Polish: lisię — young fox
  • Romanian: vulpan — young fox
  • Russian: лисёнок (lisjónok) — young fox
  • Spanish: zorruelo — young fox
  • Spanish: zorruela — young fox
  • Swedish: rävunge — young fox
  • Ukrainian: лисеня́ (lysenjá) — young fox