フェネック狐

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Japanese[edit]

Kanji in this term
きつね > ぎつね
Hyōgaiji
kun’yomi

Etymology[edit]

フェネック (fenekku, fennec) +‎ (kitsune, fox). The kitsune changes to gitsune as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): [ɸe̞ne̞k̚kɯ̟ᵝɡʲit͡sɨᵝne̞]

Noun[edit]

フェネック(ぎつね) or フェネック(ギツネ) (fenekku-gitsune

  1. (rare) a fennec fox

Usage notes[edit]

The shorter form フェネック (fenekku) is much more common.

Synonyms[edit]