virhundo

Esperanto

Etymology

From viro (“man”) +‎ hundo (“dog”) (literally: "man-dog").

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [virˈhundo]
  • Rhymes: -undo
  • Hyphenation: vir‧hun‧do

Noun

virhundo (accusative singular virhundon, plural virhundoj, accusative plural virhundojn)

  1. male dog, dog (narrow sense: male dog), he-dog
    Synonyms: (neologism) hundiĉo, vira hundo
    Hypernyms: hundo (“dog”), kanisedo (“canid”), kaniso (“any member of the genus Canis”)
    Coordinate term: hundino (“female dog, bitch, she-dog”)
    virhundoj kaj hundinoj ― dogs and bitches
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