vizsla

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/ˈviːʃlə//ˈviːʒlə/

noun

A dog breed originating in Hungary.

UncommonScrabble 18

Meanings

vizsla1

nounvizsla (plural vizslas)

plural vizslas

  1. alternativeAlternative form of Vizsla.

Vizsla2

nounVizsla (plural Vizslas or Vizslak or Vizslák)

plural Vizslas · plural Vizslak · plural Vizslák

  1. A dog breed originating in Hungary.

    A bird dog, according to David Smith of the National Bird Dog Museum, can include such breeds as the English pointer and setter, the American Brittany, the German short-haired pointer and the vizsla.

    2008 February 24, William Safire, “Bird-Dog Minute”, in New York Times

    Synonyms: Hungarian Vizsla, Hungarian Pointer, Magyar Vizsla

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA dog breed originating in Hungary.

More synonyms by meaning

nounHungarian hunting dog resembling the Weimaraner but having a rich deep red coat

Broader
pointerSpanish pointer

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Hungarianvizsla
  2. EnglishVizsla

From Hungarian vizsla, itself probably a borrowing from a Slavic language; compare Serbo-Croatian vižao/вижао, Czech vyžle, Polish wyżeł, wyga (“old dog”), Russian выжла (vyžla).

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Translations

Finnish unkarinvizsla
  • unkarinvizsladog breed
Hungarian vizsla
  • vizsladog breed
Japanese ビーシュラ
  • ビーシュラ (bīshura)dog breed
Cite this entry
APA

vizsla. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/vizsla

MLA

“vizsla.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/vizsla. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “vizsla,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/vizsla.

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