noun
Meaning 1
A young wolf.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Phrase guide
wolf cub
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Sound
Pronunciation
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/ˈwʊlfkʌb/
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noun
Meaning 2
A Cub Scout.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, dated
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
a young wolf
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: wolf pup
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: young mammal, wolf
History
Etymology
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
66 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Abkhaz: ақәы́џьаласба (akwə́džalasba) — young wolf
- Abkhaz: ақәы́џьмаԥшқа (akwə́džmapŝka) — young wolf
- Abkhaz: а́бгаԥшқа (ábgapŝka) — young wolf
- Abkhaz: а́бгаласба (ábgalasba) — young wolf
- Basque: otsokume — young wolf
- Basque: otsoko — young wolf
- Belarusian: ваўчаня́ (vawčanjá) — young wolf
- Belarusian: ваўчанё (vawčanjó) — young wolf
- Breton: bleizig — young wolf
- Bulgarian: вълче́ (vǎlčé) — young wolf
- Catalan: llobató — young wolf
- Chinese Mandarin: 狼崽 (lángzǎi) — young wolf
- Czech: vlče — young wolf
- Dutch: welp — young wolf
- Dutch: wolvenwelp — young wolf
- Esperanto: lupido — young wolf
- Estonian: hundikutsikas — young wolf
- Finnish: sudenpentu — young wolf
- French: louveteau — young wolf
- French: louvetelle — young wolf
- Galician: lobiño — young wolf
- Galician: lobeto — young wolf
- German: Wolfswelpe — young wolf
- German: Wolfswelpin — young wolf
- German: Wolfsjunges — young wolf
- Greek: λυκάκι (lykáki) — young wolf
- Greek: λυκόπουλο (lykópoulo) — young wolf
- Hungarian: farkaskölyök — young wolf
- Ido: volfyuno — young wolf
- Ido: volfyunulo — young wolf
- Ido: volfyunino — young wolf
- Italian: lupacchiotto — young wolf
- Japanese: 子オオカミ (koōkami) — young wolf
- Japanese: おおかみこども — young wolf
- Kazakh: бөлтірік (böltırık) — young wolf
- Korean: 새끼늑대 (saekkineukdae) — young wolf
- Latin: lupellus — young wolf
- Lithuanian: vilkiukas — young wolf
- Macedonian: волче (volče) — young wolf
- Malay: anak serigala — young wolf
- Mongolian: бэлтрэг (beltreg) — young wolf
- Norwegian: ulvunge — young wolf
- Norwegian Nynorsk: ulvekvalp — young wolf
- Persian: بچه گرگ (bače gorg) — young wolf
- Polish: wilczę — young wolf
- Portuguese: lobato — young wolf
- Portuguese: lobacho — young wolf
- Portuguese: lobinho — young wolf
- Romanian: pui de lup — young wolf
- Romanian: lupan — young wolf
- Russian: волчо́нок (volčónok) — young wolf
- Slovak: vĺča — young wolf
- Slovene: volčič — young wolf
- Spanish: cachorro de lobo — young wolf
- Spanish: lobezno — young wolf
- Spanish: lobato — young wolf
- Spanish: lobito — young wolf
- Swedish: vargunge — young wolf
- Ukrainian: вовченя́ (vovčenjá) — young wolf
- Ukrainian: вовча́ (vovčá) — young wolf
- Unami: tëmetët — young wolf
- Vietnamese: gấu chó sói — young wolf
- Vietnamese: con gấu chó sói — young wolf
- Volapük: lupül — young wolf
- Welsh: pothan — young wolf
- Welsh: cenau blaidd — young wolf