werefox

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UK/ˈweə.fɒks/US/ˈweəɹ.fɑks/

noun

A person who transforms into a fox or foxlike form.

OriginEnglish fox ← Middle English fox ← Old English fox →
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Meanings

nounwerefox (plural werefoxes)

plural werefoxes

  1. fantasyA person who transforms into a fox or foxlike form.

    Lycanthropy also was common, in early times at least, and belief in werewolves and werefoxes existed among all tribe.

    1936, Rollo Ahmed, The Black Art, London: Long, page 183

Origin

  1. Englishwere-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*púḱsos
  3. Proto-Germanic*fuhsaz
  4. Old Englishfox
  5. Middle Englishfox
  6. Englishfox
  7. Englishwerefox

From were- + fox.

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Translations

Dutch weervos
  • weervosshapeshifter assuming the shape of a fox
Estonian libarebane
  • libarebaneshapeshifter assuming the shape of a fox
French renard-garou
  • renard-garoushapeshifter assuming the shape of a fox
German Werfuchs
  • Werfuchsshapeshifter assuming the shape of a fox
Irish sionnach-riocht
  • sionnach-riochtshapeshifter assuming the shape of a fox
Japanese 狐人間
  • 狐人間 (kitsune ningen)shapeshifter assuming the shape of a fox
Russian о́боротень
  • о́боротень (óborotenʹ)shapeshifter assuming the shape of a fox
Spanish hombre zorro
  • hombre zorroshapeshifter assuming the shape of a fox
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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