Meanings
proper noun
- astronomyA faint autumn constellation in the northern sky.
Origin
- Latinvulpēcula“little fox”
- EnglishVulpecula
Named by the astronomer Johannes Hevelius in 1687. From Latin vulpēcula (“little fox”).
More words from Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans Vos
- Vosautumn constellation
Arabic الثعلب
- الثعلبautumn constellation
Bengali শৃগাল মণ্ডল
- শৃগাল মণ্ডল (srigal monḍol)autumn constellation
Bulgarian Малка лисица
- Малка лисица (Malka lisica)autumn constellation
Catalan Guineueta
- Guineuetaautumn constellation
Chinese Cantonese 狐狸座
- 狐狸座 (wu⁴ lei⁴ zo⁶)autumn constellation
Chinese Mandarin 狐狸座
- 狐狸座 (Húlizuò)autumn constellation
Czech Lištičky
- Lištičkyautumn constellation
Danish Ræven
- Rævenautumn constellation
Dutch Vosje
- Vosjeautumn constellation
Esperanto Vulpo
- Vulpoautumn constellation
Estonian Rebane
- Rebaneautumn constellation
Finnish Kettu
- Kettuautumn constellation
French Petit Renard
- Petit Renardautumn constellation
German Fuchs
- Fuchsautumn constellation
Greek Αλώπηξ
- Αλώπηξ (Alópix)autumn constellation
Hebrew שועלון
- שועלוןautumn constellation
Hungarian Kis Róka
- Kis Rókaautumn constellation
Irish an Sionnach
- an Sionnachautumn constellation
Italian Volpetta
- Volpettaautumn constellation
Japanese こぎつね座
- こぎつね座 (Kogitsune-za)autumn constellation
Korean 여우자리
- 여우자리 (Yeoujari)autumn constellation
Latvian Lapsiņa
- Lapsiņaautumn constellation
Lithuanian Laputė
- Laputėautumn constellation
Malay Rubah Kecil
- Rubah Kecilautumn constellation
Norwegian Reven
- Revenautumn constellation
Polish Lisek
- Lisekautumn constellation
Portuguese Raposa
- Raposaautumn constellation
Romanian Vulpea
- Vulpeaautumn constellation
Russian Лиси́чка
- Лиси́чка (Lisíčka)autumn constellation
Slovak Líška
- Líškaautumn constellation
Spanish Vulpecula
- Vulpeculaautumn constellation
Swahili Mbweha
- Mbwehaautumn constellation
Swedish Räven
- Rävenautumn constellation
Thai กลุ่มดาวหมาจิ้งจอก
- กลุ่มดาวหมาจิ้งจอกautumn constellation
Turkish Tilkicik
- Tilkicikautumn constellation
Ukrainian Лисичка
- Лисичка (Lysyčka)autumn constellation
Urdu لومڑی
- لومڑیautumn constellation
Vietnamese Hồ Ly
- Hồ Lyautumn constellation
Cite this entry
APA
Vulpecula. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Vulpecula
MLA
“Vulpecula.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Vulpecula. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Vulpecula,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Vulpecula.
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