kitsune

From Japanese 狐 (kitsune, “fox”).

• 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

kitsune (plural kitsune or kitsunes)

1. (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.

• kitsune on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Vulpes vulpes japonica on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

• nitsuke, tenukis

• IPA^(key): /kit.su.ne/

kitsune m or f (plural kitsunes)

1. (mythology) kitsune

• kitsune on the French Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^fr

kitsune

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

Borrowed from Japanese 狐 (kitsune).

kitsune c

1. (mythology) kitsune

• kitsune on the Swedish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^sv