wapiti
التعريفات والمعاني
== English ==
=== Etymology ===
From Shawnee waapiti (“elk; white rump”).
=== Pronunciation ===
(US) IPA(key): /ˈwɑpɪti/
=== Noun ===
wapiti (plural wapitis or wapiti)
(US, Canada) The American elk (Cervus canadensis).
Synonyms: elk (North America), red deer (only in an outdated, deprecated sense), wawaskeesh (obsolete)
==== Usage notes ====
It was formerly considered to be in the same species as the European red deer, which it somewhat exceeds in size.
==== Translations ====
=== See also ===
=== Further reading ===
wapiti on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
== French ==
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /wa.pi.ti/
=== Noun ===
wapiti m (plural wapitis)
wapiti
=== Further reading ===
“wapiti”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012
== Polish ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from English wapiti, from Shawnee waapiti.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /vaˈpi.ti/
Rhymes: -iti
Syllabification: wa‧pi‧ti
=== Noun ===
wapiti m animal (indeclinable)
wapiti
=== Further reading ===
“wapiti”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN[1] (in Polish)
== Portuguese ==
=== Noun ===
wapiti m (plural wapitis)
alternative spelling of uapiti