fuks

• Fuchs, Fugs, fuksch, fòcks, vucks

From Old High German fuhs, from Proto-Germanic *fuhsaz, from Proto-Indo-European *púḱsos (“the tailed one”). Cognate with German Fuchs, Dutch vos, English fox, also Sanskrit पुच्छ (puccha, “tail”), Tocharian B päkā (“tail, chowry”).

fuks m

1. (Formazza) fox

• Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Luserna / Lusérn: Le nostre parole / Ünsarne börtar / Unsere Wörter [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien

Borrowed from German Fuchs, from Middle High German vuhs, from Old High German fuhs, from Proto-Germanic *fuhsaz (“fox”), from Proto-Indo-European *púḱsos (“the tailed one”), from *pewḱs- (“fluff, tail”), whence Polish puch (“fluff”).

• IPA^(key): /fuks/

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• Rhymes: -uks
• Syllabification: fuks

fuks m pers (feminine fuksica)

1. (obsolete) novice

   Synonym: nowicjusz

2. (university slang) fine arts freshman

fuks m anim

1. (horse racing) dark horse, underdog

   Synonym: czarny koń

fuks m inan

1. (colloquial) an unexpected success, a fluke

   Synonyms: szczęście, łut szczęścia, fart

• fuks in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• fuks in Polish dictionaries at PWN