cub

English

Origin unknown. Perhaps compare Old Norse (Icelandic) kobbi (“seal”), Old Irish cuib (“whelp”)^[1].

a cub.

cub (plural cubs)

A young fox.
- 1603, John Florio, translating Michel de Montaigne, Essays, II.32:
  a Childe of Lacedemon suffered all his belly and gutts to be torne out by a Cubbe or young Foxe, which he had stolne, and kept close under his garment, rather then he would discover his theft.
(by extension) The young of certain other animals, including the bear, wolf, lion and whale.

young fox

the young of certain animals

Afrikaans: welpie (af)
Armenian: ձագ (hy) (jag), քոթոթ (hy) (k’ot’ot’) (bear), կորյուն (hy) (koryun) (lion, tiger)
Bashkir: бала (bala)
Basque: kume (eu)
Bulgarian: кутре (bg) (kutre) n
Chinese:
Mandarin: 幼獸 (cmn), 幼兽 (cmn) (yoùshoù)
Czech: mládě (cs) n
Dutch: welp (nl)
Finnish: pentu (fi)
French: petit (fr) m; for terms specific to any particular animal, see ourson (fr), renardeau (fr), louveteau (fr), lionceau (fr) etc
German: Junges (de) n, cub of a wolf or fox: Welpe (de) m, Dachsjunges (de) n (badger), Bärenjunges (de) n (bear), Gepardenjunges (de) n (cheetah), Fuchsjunges (de) n (fox), Leopardenjunges (de) n (leopard), Löwenbaby (de) n (lion), Löwenjunges (de) n, Pandajunges (de) n (panda), Tigerbaby (de) n (tiger), Tigerjunges (de) n, Wolfsjunges (de) n, Braunbärenjunges (de) n, Eisbärenjunges (de) n (polar bear), Eisbärjunges (de) n
Hebrew: גור (gur) m (young of mammals, including domesticated ones)

Hungarian: kölyök (hu) (for every mammal), bocs (hu) (bear)
Italian: cucciolo m; for terms specific to any particular animal, see bear cub, fox cub, etc
Japanese: 子 (ja) (こ, ko), 幼獣 (ja) (ようじゅう, yōjū)
Latin: catulus (la) m
Macedonian: младенче (mk) (mladenče) n
Maltese: ferħ m, ferħa f
Polish: młode pl
Portuguese: filhote (pt) m and f
Russian: детёныш (ru) (detjónyš) m, specific cubs: медвежонок (ru) (medvežónok) m, лисёнок (ru) (lisjónok) m, волчонок (ru) (volčónok) m, львёнок (ru) (lʹvjónok) m, тигрёнок (ru) (tigrjónok) m, etc.
Scottish Gaelic: (seal) isean (gd) m, (seal) cuilean (gd) m
Serbo-Croatian: mladunče (sh) n
Sotho: (lion) tawana (st)
Spanish: cachorro (es) m
Telugu: కూన (koona)
Turkish: yavru (tr)