wolfhound

English

Etymology

Compound of wolf +‎ hound.

Noun

wolfhound (plural wolfhounds)

1. A dog of various breeds originally developed to hunt wolves.

Derived terms

• Irish wolfhound

 

Translations

dog

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 狼狗 (zh) (lánggǒu)

• Finnish: susikoira (fi)
• Georgian: მგელძაღლა (mgelʒaɣla)
• German: Wolfshund m
• Greek: λυκόσκυλο (el) n (lykóskylo)
• Irish: cú faoil m
• Japanese: ウルフハウンド (urufuhaundo)
• Latin: lupārius m (Mediaeval)
• Malay: anjing pemburu serigala
• Nogai: боьрибасар (böribasar)
• Portuguese: lobeiro (pt) m
• Russian: волкода́в (ru) m (volkodáv)

See also

• wolf dog