kitsune

English

Etymology

From Japanese 狐 (kitsune, “fox”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɪtˈsuː.neɪ/
  • (closer to Japanese accentuation) IPA^(key): /ˈkɪt.sʊ.neɪ/, /ˈkɪts.neɪ/
  • (anglicized) IPA^(key): /kɪtˈsuː.ni/, (rare) /kɪtˈsuːn/, /ˈkɪtsuːn/
• Rhymes: -uːneɪ, -uːni, -uːn
• Hyphenation: kit‧su‧ne

Noun

kitsune (plural kitsune or kitsunes)

1. (Japanese mythology) A Japanese fox spirit, often but not exclusively female, said to have powers such as shape-shifting, and whose power is symbolized by increase in number of tails.

Derived terms

• kitsune udon

Translations

Japanese fox spirit

• Ainu: please add this translation if you can
• Arabic: كِيتْسُونِه (kītsūnih)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 狐 (zh) (hú)

• Czech: kicune
• Esperanto: kicuneo
• Finnish: kitsune (fi)
• French: kitsune (fr) m or f, kitsuné m or f
• Georgian: კიცუნე (ḳicune)
• Greek: κιτσούνε n (kitsoúne)
• Hungarian: kicune
• Japanese: 妖狐 (ようこ, yōko), 天狐 (てんこ, tenko)
• Korean: 키츠네 (kicheune)
• Latvian: kicune
• Marathi: कित्सुने f (kitsune)
• Persian: کیتسونه (kitsune)
• Russian: кицу́нэ (ru) (kicúnɛ)
• Swedish: kitsune c

See also

• kitsune on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• nitsuke, tenukis

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kit.su.ne/

Noun

kitsune m or f (plural kitsunes)

1. (Japanese mythology) kitsune

See also

• kitsune on the French Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^fr

Japanese

Romanization

kitsune

1. Rōmaji transcription of きつね
2. Rōmaji transcription of キツネ

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 狐 (kitsune).

Noun

kitsune c

1. (mythology) kitsune

Declension

Declension of kitsune

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	kitsun	kitsuns
	definite	kitsunen	kitsunens
plural	indefinite	kitsuner	kitsuners
	definite	kitsunerna	kitsunernas

See also

• kitsune on the Swedish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^sv