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wolverine

noun · 6 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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  • /ˈwʊlvəˌɹiːn/
  • /ˈwɒlvəˌɹiːn/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • US, also: /ˌwʊlvəˈɹiːn/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • CMU ARPABET: W UH2 L V ER0 IY1 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A solitary, fierce mammal of the Mustelidae family, Gulo gulo.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A native or resident of the American state of Michigan.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

Someone associated with the University of Michigan, for example as a student, alum, or sports team member, or as a fan.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

stocky shaggy-coated North American carnivorous mammal

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: carcajou, skunk bear, Gulo luscus

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: musteline mammal, mustelid, musteline

5

noun

Meaning 5

musteline mammal of northern Eurasia

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: glutton, Gulo gulo

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: musteline mammal, mustelid, musteline

6

noun

Meaning 6

a native or resident of Michigan

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Michigander

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: American

History

Etymology

1619; alteration of earlier wolvering (1574), diminutive of wolver (“ravenous or savage animal; person who behaves like a wolf”) (1593), ultimately from wolf.

From wolverine.

Across languages

Translations

101 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Ahtna: nałtsiis — Gulo gulo
  • Southern Altai: јеекен (ǰeeken) — Gulo gulo
  • Arabic: شَرِه (šarih) — Gulo gulo
  • Arabic: وُلْفِيرِين (wulfīrīn) — Gulo gulo
  • Armenian: կուղխ (kuġx) — Gulo gulo
  • Armenian: շատակերիկ (šatakerik) — Gulo gulo
  • Bashkir: ҡоно (qono) — Gulo gulo
  • Belarusian: расама́ха (rasamáxa) — Gulo gulo
  • Bulgarian: росома́ха (rosomáha) — Gulo gulo
  • Bulgarian: ла́комец (lákomec) — Gulo gulo
  • Buryat: зээгэн (zeegen) — Gulo gulo
  • Catalan: golut — Gulo gulo
  • Chinese Mandarin: 狼獾 (lánghuān) — Gulo gulo
  • Chinese Mandarin: 貂熊 (diāoxióng) — Gulo gulo
  • Chukchi: ӄэпэр (qėpėr) — Gulo gulo
  • Cree: ᑮᐦᑿᐦᐋᐦᑫᐤ (kiihkwahaahkew) — Gulo gulo
  • Czech: rosomák — Gulo gulo
  • Danish: jærv — Gulo gulo
  • Dutch: veelvraat — Gulo gulo
  • Esperanto: gulo — Gulo gulo
  • Estonian: ahm — Gulo gulo
  • Estonian: kaljukass — Gulo gulo
  • Faroese: jarvur — Gulo gulo
  • Finnish: ahma — Gulo gulo
  • French: glouton — Gulo gulo
  • French: carcajou — Gulo gulo
  • Gagauz: obur — Gulo gulo
  • Galician: glutón — Gulo gulo
  • Georgian: სამურავი (samuravi) — Gulo gulo
  • German: Vielfraß — Gulo gulo
  • German: Bärenmarder — Gulo gulo
  • Greek: γούλβεριν (goúlverin) — Gulo gulo
  • Hawaiian: woleweline — Gulo gulo
  • Hebrew: גַּרְגְּרָן (garg'rán) — Gulo gulo
  • Hungarian: rozsomák — Gulo gulo
  • Icelandic: jarfi — Gulo gulo
  • Ido: glutemo — Gulo gulo
  • Inuktitut: ᖃᕝᕕᒃ (qavfik) — Gulo gulo
  • Irish: glutan — Gulo gulo
  • Italian: ghiottone — Gulo gulo
  • Italian: volverina — Gulo gulo
  • Italian: ossifraga — Gulo gulo
  • Japanese: クズリ (kuzuri) — Gulo gulo
  • Japanese: 貂熊 — Gulo gulo
  • Japanese: 屈狸 — Gulo gulo
  • Kalmyk: зеегн (zeegn) — Gulo gulo
  • Kazakh: құну (qūnu) — Gulo gulo
  • Ket: кун (kùn) — Gulo gulo
  • Khakas: хуну (xunu) — Gulo gulo
  • Korean: 울버린 (ulbeorin) — Gulo gulo
  • Lakota: škečátȟaŋka — Gulo gulo
  • Latgalian: kņauss — Gulo gulo
  • Latvian: āmrija — Gulo gulo
  • Latvian: tinis — Gulo gulo
  • Lithuanian: ernis — Gulo gulo
  • Low German: Veelfraat — Gulo gulo
  • Lower Tanana: neɬtrith — Gulo gulo
  • Macedonian: лакомец (lakomec) — Gulo gulo
  • Malay: wolverin — Gulo gulo
  • Northern Mansi: тӯлмах (tūlmah) — Gulo gulo
  • Mongolian: нохой зээх (noxoj zeex) — Gulo gulo
  • Navajo: niłchiis — Gulo gulo
  • Nivkh: кʼузр̌ (kʼuzř) — Gulo gulo
  • Norwegian: jerv — Gulo gulo
  • Ojibwe: gwiingwa'aage — Gulo gulo
  • Old English: eorf — Gulo gulo
  • Old Norse: jerfr — Gulo gulo
  • Old Norse: jarfr — Gulo gulo
  • Persian: ولورین (volverin) — Gulo gulo
  • Polish: rosomak — Gulo gulo
  • Portuguese: carcaju — Gulo gulo
  • Portuguese: glutão — Gulo gulo
  • Proto-Norse: ᛖᚱᚨᚠᚨᛉ (erafaʀ) — Gulo gulo
  • Romanian: polifag american — Gulo gulo
  • Romanian: gluton — Gulo gulo
  • Russian: росома́ха (rosomáxa) — Gulo gulo
  • Northern Sami: geatki — Gulo gulo
  • Southern Sami: gierhkie — Gulo gulo
  • Serbo-Croatian: gorska kuna — Gulo gulo
  • Serbo-Croatian: rosomah — Gulo gulo
  • Serbo-Croatian: žderonja — Gulo gulo
  • Serbo-Croatian: žderavac — Gulo gulo
  • Shor: қунучақ (qunučaq) — Gulo gulo
  • Slovak: rosomák — Gulo gulo
  • Slovene: rosomáh — Gulo gulo
  • Spanish: glotón — Gulo gulo
  • Spanish: carcayú — Gulo gulo
  • Swahili: fisi-milima — Gulo gulo
  • Swahili: wolverini — Gulo gulo
  • Swedish: järv — Gulo gulo
  • Tatar: комагай (qomağay) — Gulo gulo
  • Tatar: коны (qonı) — Gulo gulo
  • Thai: วุลเวอรีน (wunwer-reen) — Gulo gulo
  • Turkish: kutup porsuğu — Gulo gulo
  • Turkish: ayı sansarı — Gulo gulo
  • Tuvan: чекпе (çekpe) — Gulo gulo
  • Udmurt: лакша (lakša) — Gulo gulo
  • Ukrainian: росома́ха (rosomáxa) — Gulo gulo
  • Uyghur: بۆرە بورسۇق (böre borsuq) — Gulo gulo
  • Vietnamese: chồn Gulo — Gulo gulo
  • Yakut: сиэгэн (siegen) — Gulo gulo
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