火狐

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Chinese

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fire; angry; fierce
fire; angry; fierce; fiery; thriving
 
fox
trad. (火狐)
simp. #(火狐)

Pronunciation

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Noun

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火狐

  1. red fox (Vulpes vulpes) (Classifier: m)
  2. red panda (Classifier: m)

Synonyms

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Proper noun

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火狐

  1. Firefox

Japanese

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Kanji in this term

Grade: 1
きつね > ぎつね
Hyōgai
kun'yomi

Etymology

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Compound of () (hi, fire) + (きつね) (kitsune, fox), calque of English Firefox. The kitsune changes to gitsune as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [çiɡʲit͡sɨne̞]

Proper noun

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()(ぎつね) (Higitsune

  1. (Internet slang) Firefox (web browser)

Synonyms

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