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See also: Dachshund
English
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Alternative forms
- dachshunde (from the German plural)
- dachshound
- dashhound (spelling from a nonstandard pronunciation)
Etymology
From German Dachshund (“badger dog”); Dachs (“badger”) + Hund (“dog”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈdɑːksˌhʊnd/, /ˈdæksˌhʊnd/, /ˈdæk.sənd/
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- (General American) enPR: däksʹ-ho͝ont', dăksʹ-ho͝ond', IPA(key): /ˈdɑksˌhʊnt/, /ˈdæksˌhʊnd/, /ˈdɑk.sənd/
- (nonstandard) IPA(key): /ˈdæʃ.h(a)ʊnd/, /ˈdæʃ.ənd/
- Rhymes: -ækshʊnd, -æksənd, -ɑːkshʊnt, -ɑːksənd, -æʃhaʊnd, -æʃhʊnd, -æʃənd
Noun
dachshund (plural dachshunds or dachshunde)
- A certain breed of dog having short legs and a long trunk, including standard-sized, miniature (smooth-haired, long-haired, and short-haired) varieties.
- Synonyms: badger dog, doxy, sausage dog, wiener dog
- 1960, P[elham] G[renville] Wodehouse, chapter XVI, in Jeeves in the Offing, London: Herbert Jenkins, →OCLC:
- Say what you will of dachshunds, their peculiar shape makes them the easiest breed of dog to trip over in existence.
Translations
breed of dog
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See also
Portuguese
Pronunciation
Noun
dachshund m or f by sense (plural dachshunds)
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /daxsˈxunt/ [d̪axsˈxũn̪t̪]
- Rhymes: -unt
- IPA(key): /daxsˈxund/ [d̪axsˈxũn̪d̪]
- Rhymes: -und
- IPA(key): /daxˈsund/ [d̪axˈsũn̪d̪]
- Rhymes: -und
- IPA(key): /daxˈsunt/ [d̪axˈsũn̪t̪]
- Rhymes: -unt
- Syllabification: dach‧shund
Noun
dachshund m (plural dachshunds)
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- Rhymes:English/ækshʊnd
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- Rhymes:English/ɑːksənd
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