vulpin
French, noun/vyl.pɛ̃/
vulpin is a French masculine noun meaning “foxtail (grass)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Nom donné à la plupart des plantes du genre Alopecurus”.
What does vulpin mean in English?
adjective
- 1
vulpine
- 2
vulpine; foxlike
noun
- 1
masculinefoxtail (grass)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. En rapport avec les renards.
noun: 1. Nom donné à la plupart des plantes du genre Alopecurus. 2. Nom usuel de Alopecurus myosuroides, Adventice culturale de Centauretalia cyani, dont l'épi est en forme de queue de renard.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of vulpin
- vulpine feminine
- vulpins masculine plural
- vulpines feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce vulpin?
- /vyl.pɛ̃/
- \vyl.pɛ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to vulpin
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is vulpin in French?
vulpin appears about once in every 52 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).