aardwolf

See also: aard-wolf

English

Aardwolf

Alternative forms

• aard-wolf (archaic)

Etymology

Borrowed from Afrikaans aardwolf.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈɑːdˌwʊlf/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈɑɹdˌwʊlf/
• Hyphenation: aard‧wolf

Noun

aardwolf (plural aardwolves or aardwolfs)

1. A nocturnal, insectivorous mammal, Proteles cristatus, of southern and eastern Africa, related to and resembling the hyena. [First attested in the mid 19^th century.]
   • 2018, Tim Flannery, Europe: A Natural History, page 108:

     Today the only dog-like hyena is Africa’s termite-eating aardwolf.

Related terms

• aardvark
• earthwolf

Translations

the mammal Proteles cristatus

• Afan Oromo: golloo (om),
• Afrikaans: aardwolf (af), erdwolf (af)
• Amharic: ቀመር ዥብ m (ḳämär žəb)
• Arabic: ذِئْب الأَرْض m (ḏiʔb al-ʔarḍ), عِسْبَار m (ʕisbār)
• Armenian: հողագայլ (hy) (hoġagayl)
• Azerbaijani: yer canavarı
• Basque: lur otso
• Belarusian: воўк земляны m (voŭk zjemljany)
• Breton: protel m
• Bulgarian: земен вълк m (zemen vǎlk)
• Catalan: pròteles m
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 土狼 (tou² long⁴)

  Mandarin: 土狼 (zh) (tǔláng)

• Czech: hyena cibetková f, hyenka hřivnatá f
• Danish: jordulv c
• Dutch: aardwolf (nl) m, maanhaarjakhals m
• Esperanto: protelo
• Estonian: tsiibethüään (et)
• Finnish: maasusi (fi)
• French: protèle (fr) m, loup fouisseur (fr) m
• Galician: lobo de terra m, prótele m
• Georgian: მიწის მგელი (mic̣is mgeli)
• German: Erdwolf (de) m
• Greek: άαρντ-γουλφ m (áarnt-goulf)
• Hebrew: צְבוֹעוֹן m (tzevo'on)
• Hindi: कीटभक्षी लकड़बग्घा m (kīṭbhakṣī lakaṛbagghā)
• Hungarian: cibethiéna (hu)
• Icelandic: jarðúlfur m
• Indonesian: serigala bumi
• Irish: faolchú talún m
• Italian: protele m
• Japanese: アードウルフ (ja) (ādourufu), 土狼 (つちおおかみ, tsuchiōkami)
• Kazakh: топырақ қасқыры (topyraq qasqyry)
• Korean: 땅늑대 (ttangneukdae)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: gurgê axî m, keftarê axî m

• Latvian: zemesvilks m
• Lithuanian: urvinė hiena f, žeminis vilkas m
• Malay: serigala bumi
• Mongolian: шороон цөөвөр чоно (šoroon cöövör čono)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: jordulv m

  Nynorsk: jordulv m

• Occitan: protèla f
• Oromo: golloo (om)
• Persian: گرگ خاکی (gorg xâki)
• Polish: protel (pl) m
• Portuguese: protelo (pt) m, lobo-da-terra (pt) m
• Romanian: lupul de pământ m
• Russian: земляно́й волк (ru) m (zemljanój volk)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: земни вук m

  Roman: zemni vuk m

• Sicilian: proteli m
• Slovak: hyena cibetovitá f
• Slovene: pižmova hijena f, zemeljski volk m
• Spanish: lobo de tierra m, proteles m
• Swahili: fisi mdogo class 9/10
• Swazi: ingci (ss) class 9/10
• Swedish: jordvarg (sv) c
• Tatar: җир бүресе (cir bürese)
• Telugu: ఆర్డ్‌వుల్ఫ్ (ārḍ‌vulph)
• Ukrainian: земляни́й вовк m (zemljanýj vovk)
• Vietnamese: chó sói đất
• Volapük: talalup
• Welsh: blaidd daear m, daearflaidd m
• Yiddish: ערדוואָלף (erdvolf)
• Zulu: isínci class 7/8

See also

• Proteles

Further reading

• aardwolf on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Aard-wolf in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)

Afrikaans

Alternative forms

• erdwolf

Etymology

From aarde (“earth, soil”) +‎ wolf.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɑːrtvoɫf]

• Audio:

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Noun

aardwolf (plural aardwolwe)

1. aardwolf

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Afrikaans aardwolf. Equivalent to aard +‎ wolf.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈaːrtˌʋɔlf/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: aard‧wolf

Noun

aardwolf m (plural aardwolven, diminutive aardwolfje n)

1. aardwolf

Related terms

• aardvarken n