whelp

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• /wɛlp/
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• /ʍɛlp/ without the wine–whine merger
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Variant of welp.

From Middle English whelp, from Old English hwelp, from Proto-West Germanic *hwelp, from Proto-Germanic *hwelpaz (compare Dutch welp, German Welpe, Welfe, Old Norse hvelpr, Norwegian Nynorsk kvelp, Danish hvalp), from pre-Germanic *kwelbos, of uncertain origin.

From Middle English whelpen, from Old English hwelpian, derived from hwelp.

62 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Armenian: ձագ (jag) — young of a mammal
• Bulgarian: кутре (kutre) — young of a mammal
• Catalan: cadell — young of a mammal
• Czech: štěně — young of a mammal
• Czech: mládě — young of a mammal
• Danish: hvalp — young of a mammal
• Esperanto: hundido — young of a mammal
• Esperanto: lupido — young of a mammal
• Faroese: hvølpur — young of a mammal
• French: chiot — young of a mammal
• French: louveteau — young of a mammal
• French: louvetelle — young of a mammal
• French: petit — young of a mammal
• Galician: cachorro — young of a mammal
• German: Welpe — young of a mammal
• German: Welpin — young of a mammal
• Greek: σκύμνος (skýmnos) — young of a mammal
• Ancient Greek: σκύλαξ (skúlax) — young of a mammal
• Ancient Greek: σκύμνος (skúmnos) — young of a mammal
• Hebrew: גוּר (gur) — young of a mammal
• Ido: hundyuno — young of a mammal
• Ido: volfyuno — young of a mammal
• Italian: cucciolo — young of a mammal
• Latin: catulus — young of a mammal
• Latin: catellus — young of a mammal
• Low German: Welp — young of a mammal
• Low German: Wölp — young of a mammal
• Low German: Wülp — young of a mammal
• Old English: hwelp — young of a mammal
• Portuguese: filhote — young of a mammal
• Romanian: cățel — young of a mammal
• Romanian: lupan — young of a mammal
• Russian: щено́к (ščenók) — young of a mammal
• Spanish: cachorro — young of a mammal
• Spanish: caduelo — young of a mammal
• Spanish: cadillo — young of a mammal
• Swedish: valp — young of a mammal
• Turkish: enik — young of a mammal
• Volapük: dogül — young of a mammal
• Volapük: lupül — young of a mammal
• Woiwurrung: boobop yerranginin — young of a mammal
• Bulgarian: окучвам се (okučvam se) — (animals) to give birth
• Catalan: cadellar — (animals) to give birth
• Catalan: quissoiar — (animals) to give birth
• Danish: hvalpe, få hvalpe — (animals) to give birth
• Faroese: leggja — (animals) to give birth
• French: mettre bas — (animals) to give birth
• Galician: parir — (animals) to give birth
• German: werfen — (animals) to give birth
• German: Junge werfen — (animals) to give birth
• German: jungen — (animals) to give birth
• German: wölfen — (animals) to give birth
• Greek: γεννώ (gennó) — (animals) to give birth
• Hebrew: הִמְלִיט (himlít) — (animals) to give birth
• Hungarian: ellik — (animals) to give birth
• Hungarian: megellik — (animals) to give birth
• Old English: hwelpian — (animals) to give birth
• Portuguese: parir — (animals) to give birth
• Romanian: făta — (animals) to give birth
• Russian: щени́ться (ščenítʹsja) — (animals) to give birth
• Spanish: parir — (animals) to give birth
• Welsh: bwrw — (animals) to give birth