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{{also|Wolf}}
==English==
[[File:Front view of a resting Canis lupus ssp.jpg|thumbnail|A wolf.]]

===Etymology===
From {{inh|en|enm|wolf}}, from {{inh|en|ang|wulf}}, {{m|ang|ƿulf}}, from {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*wulf}}, from {{inh|en|gem-pro|*wulfaz}}, from {{inh|en|ine-pro|*wĺ̥kʷos}}. See also {{cog|stq|Wulf}}, West Frisian and {{cog|nl|wolf}}, {{cog|de|Wolf}}, {{cog|no|-}} and {{cog|da|ulv}}; also {{cog|sa|वृक|tr=vṛ́ka}}, {{cog|fa|گرگ|tr=gorg}}, {{cog|lt|vilkas}}, {{cog|ru|волк}}, {{cog|sq|ujk}}, {{cog|la|lupus}}, {{cog|el|λύκος}}, {{cog|txb|walkwe}}. {{doublet|en|lobo|lupus}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{enPR|wo͝olf}}
** {{IPA|en|/wʊlf/|a=RP}}
*** {{audio|en|En-uk-a wolf.ogg|text=a wolf|a=RP}}
** {{IPA|en|/wʊlf/|[wʊ̠ɫf]|[wɫ̩f]|a=GA}}<ref name="MWO">{{R:MWO}}</ref>
*** {{audio|en|En-us-wolf.ogg|a=GA}}
** {{IPA|en|/wʊlf/|[wʊwf]|a=NZ}}
** {{IPA|en|/wʉlf/|a=Scotland,NI}}
* {{enPR|wo͝of}}, {{IPA|en|/wʊf/}} {{q|now nonstandard}}<ref name="MWO"/><ref>Kristin Denham and Anne Lobeck, in ''Linguistics for Everyone: An Introduction'' (2009), page 136</ref>
* {{enPR|wŭlf}}, {{IPA|en|/wʌlf/}} {{q|obsolete}}
* {{rhymes|en|ʊlf|s=1}}

===Noun===
{{en-noun|wolves}}

# {{senseid|en|Q18498}}{{taxfmt|Canis lupus|species}}; the largest wild member of the [[Caninae|canine]] subfamily.
#: {{syn|en|grey wolf}}
#* {{quote-book
|en
|year=1968
|author=w:Robert Conquest
|chapter=The Purge Begins
|title={{w|The Great Terror (book)|The Great Terror: Stalin's Purge of the Thirties}}
|url=https://archive.org/details/greatterrorstali0000conq/
|publisher=w:Macmillan Company
|LCCN=68-17513
|OCLC=1169910711
|OL=21272570M
|page=74
|pageurl=https://archive.org/details/greatterrorstali0000conq/page/74/
|text=He would listen quietly at meetings of the Politburo, or to distinguished visitors, puffing at his Dunhill pipe, doodling aimlessly - his secretaries Poskrebyshev and Dvinsky write that his pads were sometimes covered with the phrase ‘Lenin-teacher-friend’, but the last foreigner to visit him, in February 1953, noted that he was doodling '''wolves'''.}}
## Any of several related canines that resemble {{taxfmt|Canis lupus|species}} in appearance, especially those of the genus ''[[Canis]]''.
# A man who makes [[amorous]] [[advance]]s to many women.
# {{lb|en|music}} A [[wolf tone]] or [[wolf note]].
#: {{ux|en|The soft violin solo was marred by persistent '''wolves'''.}}
# {{lb|en|figurative}} Any very ravenous, rapacious, or destructive person or thing; especially, [[want]]; [[starvation]].
#: {{ux|en|They toiled hard to keep the '''wolf''' from the door.}}
#: {{ux|en|the [[bee wolf]]}}
#* {{RQ:Maxwell Mirror and the Lamp|XII|85|“{{...}} Churchill, my dear fellow, we have such greedy sharks, and '''wolves''' in lamb's clothing. Oh, dear, there's so much to tell you, so many warnings to give you, but all that must be postponed for the moment.”}}
# One of the destructive, and usually hairy, larvae of several species of beetles and grain moths.
# A white worm which infests granaries, the [[larva]] of {{taxlink|Nemapogon granella|species}}, a [[tineid]] [[moth]].
# A [[wolf spider]].
# {{lb|en|obsolete}} An eating ulcer or sore. See {{m|en|lupus}}.
#* {{RQ:Taylor Holy Living|passage=If God should send a cancer upon thy face, or a '''wolf''' into thy side}}
# A [[willy]]ing [[machine]], to cleanse wool or willow.
#* {{quote-book|en|year=1872|author=Johann Rudolph von Wagner|title=A handbook of Chemical Technology|passage=The loosening and purifying of the raw cotton from the various impurities , such as sand, grit, &c., is accomplished by beating with the hand, or by the '''Wolf''' machine, by means of a cylinder, the surface of which is covered with sharp iron teeth}}

====Synonyms====
* {{l|en|loafer}}, {{l|en|lobo}}, {{l|en|lofer}}, {{l|en|loper}}, {{l|en|lover}} {{q|Southwestern US dialects}}

====Hypernyms====
* {{sense|large wild canid}} {{taxfmt|Canis lupus|species}}, {{l|en|canid}}

====Hyponyms====
* {{sense|large wild canid}} {{l|en|she-wolf}}, {{l|en|wolfess}}

====Coordinate terms====
* {{sense|large wild canid}} {{l|en|dingo}}, {{l|en|dog}} {{qualifier|members of {{taxfmt|Canis lupus|species}} not called '''''wolf'''''}}; {{l|en|coyote}}, {{l|en|jackal}}, {{l|en|fox}} {{qualifier|other canids}}

====Derived terms====
{{der3|en
|Big Bad Wolf
|cry wolf
|wolf father
|[[grey wolf]], [[gray wolf]]
|he-wolf
|like a wolf on the fold
|[[Lone Wolf]] {{q|town}}
|Mexican wolf|Ezo wolf|Hokkaido wolf|Honshu wolf|Iranian wolf|Japanese wolf|Sakhalin wolf|wolf at the door
|raised by wolves
|red wolf
|{{l|en|seawolf}} ({{taxfmt|Anarhichas lupus|species}})
|she-wolf|wolf in wool
|Tasmanian wolf
|werewolf
|white wolf
|wolf cub
|wolf down |Apennine wolf
|wolfess
|wolf in sheep's clothing
|wolf interval
|wolfie
|wolfish
|wolflike|Antarctic wolf|wolf guarding the sheep
|Wolf Point
|wolf tone
|wolf worm
|wolfy
|wolven
|keep the wolf from the door|aard-wolf|Abyssinian wolf|Alaskan tundra wolf|Alsatian wolf dog|Arctic wolf|arctic wolf|Arctic wolf spider|brush wolf|buy wolf tickets|Desertas wolf spider|dire wolf|eastern wolf|Ethiopian wolf|Falkland Island wolf|Falkland Islands wolf|Florida black wolf|Futsing wolf snake|Great Plains wolf|Greenland wolf|have the wolf by the ear|hungry like the wolf|Interior Alaskan wolf|Italian wolf|lone wolf|man is a wolf to man|man-wolf|maned wolf|mer-wolf|mountain wolf|painted wolf|polar wolf|prairie wolf|rabid wolf spider|rye wolf|sea wolf|see a wolf|sell wolf tickets|Taimyr wolf|the wolf may lose his teeth but never his nature|tiger wolf|timber wolf|tundra wolf|were wolf|were-wolf|wher-wolf|who keeps company with the wolf will learn to howl|wolf back|wolf cut|wolf dog|wolf eel|wolf eliminator|wolf herring|wolf hook|wolf in one's belly|wolf in one's stomach|wolf jump|wolf lichen|wolf moon|wolf net|wolf of Wall Street|wolf pack|wolf packing|wolf ticket|wolf tooth|wolf tree|wolf up|wolf warrior|wolf whelp|wolf whistle|wolf-cat|wolf-fish|wolf-grey|wolf-hunter|wolf-mother|wolf-pack|wolf-whelp|wolf-whistle|zebra wolf|Alexander Archipelago wolf|aphid wolf|Bernard's wolf|Gregory's wolf|Indian wolf|Manitoba wolf|the wolf is at the door|wolf call|wolffish|wolf in a lamb's skin|wolf-child|wolf snake
}}

====Descendants====
* {{desc|io|volfo|bor=1}} {{q|also from German}}

====Translations====
{{trans-top|animal}}
{{multitrans|data=
* Abaza: {{tt|abq|квыджьма}}
* Abenaki: {{tt|abe|môlsem}}
* Abkhaz: {{tt|ab|абгаду}}, {{tt|ab|ақәыџьма}}
* Adyghe: {{tt|ady|тыгъужъ}}
* Afrikaans: {{tt+|af|wolf}}
* Aghwan: {{tt|xag|𐕒𐕡𐔾}}
* Ainu: {{tt|ain|ホㇿケゥ|tr=horkew}}, {{tt|ain|ウォセカムイ|tr=wose-kamuy}}
* Akkadian: {{tt|akk|𒌨𒁇𒊏|m|tr=barbaru [UR.BAR.RA]}}
* Albanian: {{tt+|sq|ujk|m}}
* Aleut: {{tt|ale|aliĝngix̂}}
* Algonquin: {{tt|alq|mahìgan}}, {{tt|alq|mokquishim}}
* Amharic: {{tt|am|ተኩላ}}
* Andi: {{tt|ani|боцӏо}}
* Arabic: {{tt+|ar|ذِئْب|m}}
*: Egyptian Arabic: {{tt|arz|ديب|m|tr=dīb}}
*: Gulf Arabic: {{tt|afb|ذيب|tr=ḏīb}}
*: Hijazi Arabic: {{tt|acw|ذيب|m|tr=ḏīb, dīb}}
*: Moroccan Arabic: {{tt|ary|ديب|m|tr=dīb}}
* Aramaic:
*: Classical Syriac: {{tt|syc|ܕܐܒܐ|m|tr=dēḇā}}, {{tt|syc|ܕܐܒܬܐ|f|tr=dēḇtā}}
*: Jewish Babylonian Aramaic: {{tt|arc|דֵּיבָא|m|tr=dêḇā|sc=Hebr}}
* Armenian: {{tt+|hy|գայլ}}
*: Old Armenian: {{tt|xcl|գայլ}}
* Aromanian: {{tt|rup|lupu|m}}
* Assamese: {{t|as|কুকুৰনেচীয়া বাঘ|tr=kukurnesia bagh}}
* Asturian: {{tt+|ast|llobu|m}}
* Atikamekw: {{tt|atj|mahikan}}
* Avar: {{tt|av|бацӏ}}
* Azerbaijani: {{tt+|az|canavar}}, {{tt+|az|qurd}}
* Balti: {{tt|bft|شانكو|tr=shanko}}
* Baluchi: {{tt|bal|گرک|tr=gurk}}
* Bashkir: {{tt|ba|бүре|sc=Cyrl}}
* Basque: {{tt+|eu|otso}}
* Bats: {{tt|bbl|ბჵორწ}}
* Bavarian: {{tt|bar|Woif}}
* Belarusian: {{tt+|be|воўк|m}}, {{tt|be|ваўчы́ца|f}}, {{tt|be|ваўчы́ха|f}}
* Bengali: {{tt+|bn|নেকড়ে}}
* Bhojpuri: {{t|bho|भेड़िया}}
* Blackfoot: {{tt|bla|omahkapi'si}}
* Breton: {{tt+|br|bleiz|m}}
* Bulgarian: {{tt+|bg|вълк|m}}
* Burmese: {{tt+|my|ဝံပုလွေ}}
* Buryat: {{tt|bua|шоно|sc=Cyrl}}
* Carpathian Rusyn: {{tt|rue|вовк|m}}
* Catalan: {{tt+|ca|llop|m}}
* Central Atlas Tamazight: {{tt|tzm|ⵓⵛⵛⵏ}}
* Central Sierra Miwok: {{tt|csm|húŋ·u-}}
* Chagatai: {{tt|chg|بورى|tr=böri}}
* Chakma: {{tt|ccp|𑄤𑄇𑄴|tr=wāk|sc=Cakm}}
* Chechen: {{tt|ce|борз}}
* Cherokee: {{tt|chr|ᏩᏯ}}
* Cheyenne: {{tt|chy|hó'nehe}}
* Chinese:
*: Cantonese: {{tt|yue|狼|tr=long4}}
*: Dungan: {{tt|dng|лон}}, {{tt|dng|мулон}}, {{tt|dng|лонвазы}}
*: Eastern Min: {{tt|cdo|狼|tr=lòng}}
*: Hakka: {{tt|hak|狼|tr=lòng}}
*: Hokkien: {{tt+|nan-hbl|狼|tr=lông}}
*: Mandarin: {{tt+|cmn|狼|tr=láng}}
*: Wu: {{tt|wuu|狼}}
* Chukchi: {{tt|ckt|иʼны|tr=iʼny}}, {{tt|ckt|ээʼгычгын|tr=ėėʼgyčgyn}}
* Chuvash: {{tt|cv|кашкӑр}}
* Coptic: {{tt|cop|ⲟⲩⲱⲛϣ}}
* Cornish: {{tt|kw|bleydh|m}}
* Corsican: {{tt+|co|lupu|m}}
* Cree: {{tt|cr|mahihkan}}
* Crimean Tatar: {{t|crh|börü}}
* Czech: {{tt+|cs|vlk|m}}
* Danish: {{tt+|da|ulv|c}}
* Dogrib: {{tt|dgr|dìga}}
* Dolgan: {{tt|dlg|бөрө|tr=börö|sc=Cyrl}}
* Dutch: {{tt+|nl|wolf|m}}
* Dzongkha:  {{t-needed|dz}}
* Eastern Cham: {{tt|cjm|ꨔꨪꩂ|tr=thing}}, {{tt|cjm|ꨀꨧꨭꩃ ꨔꨪꩂ|tr=asơu thing}}
* Elfdalian: {{tt|ovd|warg|m}}
* Emilian: {{tt|egl|låuv|m}}
* Erzya: {{tt|myv|верьгиз}}
* Esperanto: {{tt+|eo|lupo}}
* Estonian: {{tt+|et|susi}}, {{tt+|et|hunt}}
* Evenki: {{tt|evn|иргичи}}
* Ewe: {{tt|ee|amegãxi}}
* Faroese: {{tt|fo|úlvur|m}}
* Finnish: {{tt+|fi|susi}}, {{tt+|fi|hukka}}, {{tt|fi|susihukka}}
* Franco-Provençal: {{tt|frp|lop|m}}
* French: {{tt+|fr|loup|m}}
* Friulian: {{tt|fur|lôf|m}}, {{tt|fur|lôv|m}}
* Gabrielino-Fernandeño: {{tt|xgf|'iisawut}}
* Galician: {{tt+|gl|lobo|m}}
* Gaulish: {{tt|cel-gau|drucocu}}
* Georgian: {{tt|ka|მგელი}}
* German: {{tt+|de|Wolf|m}}, {{tt|de|Meister Graubein|m}} {{qualifier|esp. in fables & fairy tales}}
* Gilaki: {{tt|glk|ورگ|tr=varg}}
* Gondi: {{tt|gon|तोडेल्ली|tr=tōḍēl‍lī}}
* Gothic: {{tt|got|𐍅𐌿𐌻𐍆𐍃|m}}
* Greek: {{tt+|el|λύκος|m}}
*: Ancient: {{tt|grc|λύκος|m}}
* Greenlandic: {{tt+|kl|amaroq}}
* Guaraní: {{tt|gn|jaguaru}}
* Gujarati: {{tt|gu|ભેડીયો}}
* Haida: {{tt|hai|g̱úuj}}
* Haitian Creole: {{tt|ht|lou}}
* Hawaiian: {{tt|haw|ʻīlio hae}}
* Hebrew: {{tt+|he|זְאֵב|m|tr=z'év}}
* Hindi: {{tt+|hi|भेड़िया|m}}, {{tt+|hi|वृक|m}}, {{tt+|hi|गुर्ग|m}}
* Holikachuk: {{tt|hoi|nikʼighun}}
* Hopi: {{tt|hop|kwewu}}
* Hungarian: {{tt+|hu|farkas}}
* Hunsrik: {{tt|hrx|Wollef|m}}
* Icelandic: {{tt+|is|úlfur|m}}
* Ido: {{tt+|io|volfo}}
* Indonesian: {{tt+|id|serigala}}
* Ingrian: {{tt|izh|susi}}, {{q|rare}} {{tt|izh|huntti}}, {{q|folk poetic}} {{tt|izh|suto}}
* Ingush: {{tt|inh|борз}}
* Interlingua: {{tt+|ia|lupo}}
* Inuktitut: {{tt+|iu|ᐊᒪᕈᖅ|sc=Cans}}
* Inupiaq: {{tt|ik|amaġuq}}
* Irish: {{tt|ga|faolchú|m}}, {{tt|ga|mac tíre|m}}, {{tt|ga|madra alla|m}}, {{tt|ga|madra allta|m}}
*: Middle Irish: {{tt|mga|fáel}}, {{tt|mga|fáelchú}}, {{tt|mga|sídach}}
*: Old Irish: {{tt|sga|cú}}, {{tt|sga|cú allaid}}, {{tt|sga|macc tíre}}, {{tt|sga|fáel|m}}
* Istro-Romanian: {{tt|ruo|lup|m}}
* Italian: {{tt+|it|lupo|m}}
* Itelmen: {{tt|itl|хивнэ}}
* Japanese: {{tt+|ja|狼|tr=おおかみ, ōkami}}, {{tt+|ja|オオカミ|tr=ōkami}}, {{tt+|ja|ウルフ|tr=urufu}}
* Javanese: {{tt+|jv|mbaung}}
* Jicarilla: {{tt|apj|ba’iitso}}
* Kabardian: {{tt+|kbd|дыгъужь}}
* Kaki Ae: {{tt|tbd|weldok}}
* Kalasha: {{tt|kls|grast}}
* Kalmyk: {{tt|xal|чон}}
* Kannada: {{tt+|kn|ತೋಳ}}
* Karachay-Balkar: {{tt|krc|бёрю}}
* Karakalpak: {{tt|kaa|bo'ri}}, {{tt|kaa|qasqır}}
* Karelian: {{tt|krl|hukka}}
* Kashmiri: {{tt+|ks|رامہٕ ہوٗن}}
* Kashubian: {{tt|csb|wilk|m}}
* Kazakh: {{tt|kk|бөрі}}, {{tt|kk|қасқыр}}
* Ket: {{tt|ket|ӄыт|tr=qyt}}
* Khakas: {{tt|kjh|пӱӱр}}
* Khmer: {{tt+|km|ចចក}}
* Khvarshi: {{tt|khv|боцӏа}}
* Kildin Sami: {{tt|sjd|пальтэсь}}, {{tt|sjd|скуммьп}}
* Komi-Zyrian: {{tt|kpv|кӧин}}
* Korean: {{tt+|ko|늑대}}, {{tt+|ko|이리}}
* Koryak: {{tt|kpy|гʼэгылӈын|tr=ʕeɣəlŋən}}
* Koyraboro Senni: {{tt|ses|ganjihanŝi}}
* Kumyk: {{tt|kum|бёрю}}
* Kurdish:
*: Central Kurdish: {{tt+|ckb|گورگ}}
*: Laki: {{tt+|lki|گوِرگ}}
*: Northern Kurdish: {{tt+|kmr|gur|m}}, {{tt+|kmr|gurg|m}}
*: Southern Kurdish: {{tt+|sdh|گوِرگ}}
* Kyrgyz: {{tt+|ky|бөрү}}, {{tt|ky|карышкыр}}
* Ladin: {{tt|lld|louf|m}}
* Lak: {{tt|lbe|барцӏ}}
* Lakota: {{tt|lkt|šuŋgmánitu}} {{tt|lkt|tȟáŋka}}
* Lao: {{tt+|lo|ໝາປ່າ}}, {{tt+|lo|ໝາໄນ}}, {{tt|lo|ສິຄາລະ}}
* Latgalian: {{tt|ltg|vylks}}
* Latin: {{tt+|la|lupus|m}}
* Latvian: {{tt+|lv|vilks|m}}
* Lenape:
*: Unami: {{tt|unm|tëme}}
* Lezgi: {{tt|lez|жанавур}}
* Ligurian: {{tt|lij|lô|m}}
* Lithuanian: {{tt+|lt|vilkas|m}}
* Livvi: {{tt|olo|hukku}}
* Lolopo: {{tt|ycl|veimar}}
* Lombard: {{tt+|lmo|loff|m}}, {{tt+|lmo|lov|m}}
* Low German: {{tt+|nds|Wulf|m}}
* Luxembourgish: {{tt+|lb|Wollef|m}}
* Macedonian: {{tt|mk|волк|m}}
* Malagasy: {{tt+|mg|amboadia}}
* Malay:
*: Jawi: {{tt|ms|سريݢالا}}, {{tt|ms|ذيب}}
*: Rumi: {{tt+|ms|serigala}}, {{tt|ms|zib}}
* Malayalam: {{tt+|ml|ചെന്നായ്}}
* Maltese: {{tt|mt|dib|m}}, {{tt|mt|lupu|m}}
* Manchu: {{tt|mnc|ᠨᡳᠣᡥᡝ}}
* Mansi:
*: Northern Mansi: {{t|mns-nor|са̄лы пурнэ ӯй}}, {{t|mns-nor|са̄лыуй}}, {{t|mns-nor|ха̄йтнут}}
* Manx: {{tt|gv|moddey oaldey|m}}
* Maori: {{tt+|mi|wuruhi}}, {{tt|mi|wuruwhi}}
* Marathi: {{tt|mr|लांडगा|m}}, {{tt|mr|वृक|m}}
* Mari:
*: Eastern Mari: {{tt|mhr|пире}}
*: Western Mari: {{tt|mrj|пирӹ}}
* Mazanderani: {{tt|mzn|ورگ|tr=vërg}}
* Mbyá Guaraní: {{tt|gun|aguara-jagua}}
* Mi'kmaq: {{tt|mic|paqt'sm|an}}, {{tt|mic|paqtesm|an}}, {{tt|mic|paqte'smug|an}}
* Mingo: {{tt|iro-min|utháyôni}}
* Mingrelian: {{tt|xmf|გერი}}
* Mirandese: {{tt|mwl|lhobo|m}}
* Mòcheno: {{tt|mhn|bolf|m}}
* Moksha: {{tt|mdf|врьгаз}}
* Mongolian:
*: Cyrillic: {{tt+|mn|чоно}}
* Montagnais: {{tt|moe|maikan}}
* Muong: {{tt|mtq|khỏl}}
* Nahuatl: {{tt+|nah|cuetlāchtli}}
* Nanai: {{tt|gld|енгур}}
* Navajo: {{tt|nv|mąʼiitsoh}}
* Naxi: {{tt|nxq|paqkee}}, {{tt|nxq|xulkee}}
* Nepali: {{tt|ne|ब्वाँसो}}
* Nganasan: {{tt|nio|ӈӱлиаӡә}}
* Ngazidja Comorian: {{tt|zdj|dhiiɓu}}
* Nivkh: {{tt|niv|лиғс}}
* Nogai: {{tt|nog|боьри}}
* Nootka: {{tt|nuk|qʷayac̕iik}}
* North Frisian: {{tt|frr|ulf}}, {{tt|frr|Ulv|m}} {{qualifier|Sylt}}
* Northern Sami: {{tt|se|gumpe}}
* Norwegian:
*: Bokmål: {{tt+|nb|ulv|m}}, {{tt|nb|varg|m}}, {{tt|nb|gråbein|m}} {{qualifier|[[noa]] term}}
*: Nynorsk: {{tt+|nn|ulv|m}}, {{tt|nn|varg|m}}, {{tt|nn|gråbein|m}} {{qualifier|[[noa]] term}}
* Nuosu: {{tt|ii|ꆿꍫ}}, {{tt|ii|ꆿꆚ}}
* Occitan: {{tt+|oc|lop|m}}
* Odia:  {{t-needed|or}}
* Ojibwe: {{tt|oj|ma'iingan}}
* Old Church Slavonic:
*: Cyrillic: {{tt|cu|влькъ|m}}, {{tt|cu|вльчица|f}}
*: Glagolitic: {{tt|cu|ⰲⰾⱐⰽⱏ|m}}
* Old East Slavic: {{tt|orv|вълкъ|m}}
* Old English: {{tt|ang|wulf|m}}
* Old Norse: {{tt|non|úlfr|m}}
* Oromo: {{tt|om|yeeyyii}}
* Oroqen: {{tt|orh|guykə}}
* Ossetian: {{tt|os|бирӕгъ}}
* Ottoman Turkish: {{t|ota|قورت|tr=kurt}}
* Pali: {{t|pi|vaka|m}}
* Pannonian Rusyn: {{tt|rsk|вовк|m}}
* Pashto: {{tt+|ps|لېوه|m|tr=lewë}}, {{tt+|ps|شرمښ|m|tr=šërmëẍ}}
* Pawnee: {{tt|paw|ckírihki}}
* Persian:
*: Dari: {{tt+|prs|گُرْگ}}
*: Iranian Persian: {{tt+|fa-ira|گُرْگ}}
* Piedmontese: {{tt|pms|luv|m}}
* Plains Apache: {{tt|apk|ba’}}
* Plautdietsch: {{tt+|pdt|Wulf|m}}
* Polabian: {{tt|pox|våuk|m}}
* Polish: {{tt+|pl|wilk|m-an}}, {{tt+|pl|basior|m-an}}, {{tt+|pl|wadera|f}}
* Portuguese: {{tt+|pt|lobo|m}}
* Punjabi:
*: Gurmukhi: {{tt+|pa|ਬਘਿਆੜ|m}}
*: Shahmukhi: {{tt|pa|بَگِھیاڑ|m}}
* Quechua: {{tt|qu|atawka}}
* Rohingya:  {{t-needed|rhg}}
* Romani: {{tt|rom|ruv|m}}
* Romanian: {{tt+|ro|lup|m}}
* Romansch: {{tt|rm|luf|m}}, {{tt|rm|louf|m}}
* Russian: {{tt+|ru|волк|m}}, {{tt+|ru|волчи́ца|f}}
* Sabine: {{tt|sbv|hirpus}}
* Salar: {{tt|slr|bori}}
* Samogitian: {{tt|sgs|vėlks|m}}
* Sanskrit: {{tt+|sa|वृक|m}}, {{tt+|sa|श्वक|m}}
* Saterland Frisian: {{tt|stq|Wulf|m}}
* Scots: {{tt|sco|wouf}}
* Scottish Gaelic: {{tt|gd|faol|m}}, {{tt|gd|madadh-allaidh|m}}
* Serbo-Croatian:
*: Cyrillic: {{tt|sh|ву̑к|m}}
*: Roman: {{tt+|sh|vȗk|m}}
* Seri: {{tt|sei|xeecoj}}, {{tt|sei|ziix yaacö caaixaj}}
* Sherpa: {{tt|xsr|སྤྱང་ཀུ|tr=changku}}
* Shor: {{tt|cjs|пӧрӱ|tr=pörü}}
* Sicilian: {{tt+|scn|lupu|m}}
* Sinhalese: {{tt|si|වෘකයා}}
* Skolt Sami: {{tt|sms|čõrmm}}
* Slovak: {{tt+|sk|vlk|m}}
* Slovene: {{tt+|sl|volk|m}}
* Somali: {{tt+|so|yey}}
* Sorbian:
*: Lower Sorbian: {{tt|dsb|wjelk|m}}
*: Upper Sorbian: {{tt|hsb|wjelk|m}}
* Southern Altai: {{tt|alt|бӧрӱ}}
* Spanish: {{tt+|es|lobo|m}}
* Sumerian: {{tt|sux|𒌨𒁇𒊏|tr=urbarra}}
* Svan: {{tt|sva|თხე̄რე}}
* Swahili: {{tt|sw|mbwa mwitu|c9|c10}}
* Swedish: {{tt+|sv|varg|c}}, {{tt+|sv|ulv|c}}
* Sylheti:  {{t-needed|syl}}
* T'en: {{tt|tct|laput}}
* Tabasaran: {{tt|tab|жанавар}}
* Tagalog: {{tt+|tl|lobo}}
* Tahltan: {{tt|tht|ch’iyōne}}
* Tajik: {{tt+|tg|гург}}
* Tamil: {{tt+|ta|ஓநாய்}}
* Taos: {{tt|twf|kòléna}}
* Tarifit: {{tt|rif|uššen|m}}
* Tat: {{t|ttt|gürg}}
* Tatar: {{tt+|tt|бүре}}
* Tày: {{t|tyz|ma nuầy}}
* Telugu: {{tt+|te|తోడేలు}}
* Thai: {{tt+|th|หมาป่า}}, {{tt|th|สุนัขป่า}}
* Tibetan: {{tt|bo|སྦྱང་ཀུ}}, {{tt|bo|སྤྱང་ཀི}}
* Tigrinya: {{tt|ti|ተዅላ}}
* Tlingit: {{tt|tli|g̱ooch}}
* Tocharian B: {{tt|txb|walkwe}}
* Tok Pisin: {{tt|tpi|weldok}}
* Tundra Nenets: {{tt|yrk|ӈылека}}, {{tt|yrk|сармик}}
* Turkish: {{tt+|tr|kurt}}, {{tt+|tr|börü}}
* Turkmen: {{tt+|tk|böri}}, {{tt|tk|gurt}}, {{tt+|tk|möjek}}
* Tuvan: {{tt|tyv|бөрү}}
* Udi: {{tt|udi|ул}}
* Udmurt: {{tt|udm|кион}}
* Ukrainian: {{tt+|uk|вовк|m}}, {{tt|uk|вовчи́ця|f}}, {{tt|uk|вовчи́ха|f}}
* Urak Lawoi': {{tt|urk|อาซู ฮูตัด|tr=asu hutat}}
* Urdu: {{tt|ur|بھیڑِیا|m}}, {{tt|ur|گُرْگ|m}}
* Urum: {{tt|uum|джанавар}}
* Uyghur: {{tt|ug|قۇرت}}, {{tt+|ug|بۆرە}}, {{tt|ug|قاراشقاۇ}}, {{tt|ug|قارىشقۇ}}
* Uzbek: {{tt+|uz|boʻri}}, {{tt+|uz|qashqir}}
* Venetan: {{tt|vec|łovo|m}}, {{tt+|vec|lovo|m}}
* Veps: {{tt|vep|händikaz}}
* Vietnamese: {{tt+|vi|sói}}, {{tt+|vi|chó sói}}
* Vilamovian: {{tt|wym|wūf|m}}
* Volapük: {{tt+|vo|lup}}, {{tt|vo|ludog}} {{qualifier|obsolete}}
* Võro: {{tt|vro|susi}}
* Votic: {{tt|vot|susi}}
* Walloon: {{tt+|wa|leu|m}}
* Welsh: {{tt+|cy|blaidd|m}}
* West Frisian: {{tt|fy|wolf|c}}
* Western Apache: {{tt|apw|ma’choh}}, {{tt|apw|ba’choh}}, {{tt|apw|ba'cho}}, {{tt|apw|mbaaʼtsu}}
* Winnebago: {{tt|win|šųųkjąk}}
* Yagnobi: {{tt|yai|урк}}
* Yakut: {{tt|sah|бөрө}}
* Yiddish: {{tt|yi|וואָלף|m}}
* Yokuts:
*: Southern Valley Yokuts: {{tt|yok-svy|yawlicʼ}} {{qualifier|Yawelmani}}
* Yup'ik: {{tt|esu|kegluneq}}
* Zazaki: {{tt+|zza|verg}}
* Zhuang: {{tt|za|manaez}}
* Zulu: {{tt|zu|inja yasendle|c9|c10}}
* Zuni: {{tt|zun|yuna:wik'o}}
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{{trans-see|constellation|Lupus}}

{{trans-top|man who makes amorous advances on many women}}
* Catalan: {{tt+|ca|faldiller|m}}
* Danish: {{t|da|don juan|c}}
* Faroese: {{tt|fo|konufólkarevur|m}}, {{tt|fo|revur|m}}
* Finnish: {{tt+|fi|häntäheikki}}, {{tt+|fi|naistenmies}}
* French: {{tt+|fr|tombeur|m}}
* Italian: {{tt+|it|donnaiolo|m}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|mulherengo|m}}
* Serbo-Croatian:
*: Cyrillic: {{tt|sh|жѐнска̄р|m}}
*: Roman: {{tt+|sh|žènskār|m}}
* Spanish: {{tt+|es|mujeriego|m}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|unpleasant musical tone}}
* Finnish: {{tt|fi|susisävel}}, {{tt+|fi|särö}}
* French: {{tt+|fr|loup|m}}
}}
{{trans-bottom}}

====References====
* {{R:Webster 1913}}

===Verb===
{{en-verb}}

# {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[devour]]; to [[gobble]]; to [[eat]] (something) [[voraciously]].
#* {{quote-book|1=en|year=1918|author=Norman Lindsay|authorlink=Norman Lindsay|title=The Magic Pudding|publisher=Angus and Robertson|location=Sydney|page=150|passage="Here's these legal ferrets has got our Puddin' in their clutches, and here's us, spellbound with anguish, watchin' them '''wolfin'''' it."}}
#* {{quote-book|en|year=1987|author=James Ellroy|title=The Black Dahlia|passage=After a '''wolfed''' burger dinner, I called the night number at Administrative Vice and inquired about known lesbian gathering places.}}
#* {{quote-book|en|year=2013|author=Neil Martin|title=Collected Stories of the Sea|passage=Vicars seated himself and began '''wolfing''' a sandwich.}}
# {{lb|en|intransitive|slang}} To make amorous advances to many women; to hit on women; to cruise for sex.
#* {{quote-book|en|year=1949|author=w:Nelson Algren|title={{w|The Man with the Golden Arm (novel)|The Man with the Golden Arm}}|passage=[1940s Chicago punk:] ‘I’ve seen a thing or two in my time,’ he still liked to boast, ‘that was how I found out the best place for '''wolfin’''' ain’t the taverns. It ain’t in dance halls ’r on North Clark on Saturday night. It’s in the front row in Sunday school on Sunday mornin’. Oh yeh, I know a thing or two, I been around.’}}
# {{lb|en|intransitive}} To [[hunt]] for wolves.

====Alternative forms====
* {{alter|en|wolve||rare}}

====Synonyms====
* {{sense|devour, gobble}} {{l|en|gulp down}}, {{l|en|wolf down}}

====Translations====
{{trans-top|to devour}}
{{multitrans|data=
* Arabic: {{tt|ar|اِلْتَهَمَ بِشَرَاهَة|tr=iltahama bi-šarāha}}
* Finnish: {{tt+|fi|hotkia}}, {{tt+|fi|ahmia}}
* French: {{tt+|fr|dévorer}}, {{tt+|fr|engloutir}}
* Galician: {{tt+|gl|devorar}}, {{tt+|gl|engulir}}, {{tt|gl|galdrumar}}
* German: {{tt|de|herunterschlingen}}
* Greek: {{tt+|el|καταβροχθίζω}}, {{tt+|el|χλαπακιάζω}}
* Hebrew: {{tt+|he|זלל|tr=zalal}}
* Italian: {{tt+|it|divorare}}
* Korean: {{tt|ko|게걸스레 먹다}}
* Latin: {{tt|la|devorare}}
* Maori: {{tt|mi|apu}}, {{tt|mi|whāō}}
* Polish: {{tt+|pl|pożreć}}, {{tt+|pl|pochłonąć}}
* Portuguese: {{tt+|pt|devorar}}
* Russian: {{tt+|ru|пожира́ть|impf}}, {{tt+|ru|пожра́ть|pf}}
* Serbo-Croatian: {{tt+|sh|žderati}}
* Spanish: {{tt+|es|devorar}}, {{tt+|es|engullir}}
* Swahili: {{tt|sw|-akia}}, {{tt|sw|-la}}, {{tt|sw|-sakata}}
* Thai: {{tt+|th|ขม้ำ|tr=khà màhm}}, {{tt+|th|สวาปาม|tr=swáá bpaam}}
}}
{{trans-bottom}}

===References===
<references/>

===Further reading===
* {{pedia}}

===Anagrams===
* {{anagrams|en|a=flow|flow|fowl}}

{{c|en|Wolves|Moths|Spiders}}

==Afrikaans==

===Etymology===
From {{inh|af|nl|wolf}}, from {{inh|af|dum|wolf}}, from {{inh|af|odt|*wulf}}, {{m|odt|*wolf}}, from {{inh|af|gmw-pro|*wulf}}, from {{inh|af|gem-pro|*wulfaz}}, from {{der|af|ine-pro|*wĺ̥kʷos}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{audio|af|LL-Q14196 (afr)-Oesjaar-wolf.wav}}

===Noun===
{{head|af|noun|plural|wolwe}}

# [[#English|wolf]]

{{c|af|Wolves}}

==Alemannic German==

===Etymology===
From {{inh|gsw|gmh|wolf}}, from {{inh|gsw|goh|wolf}}, from {{inh|gsw|gmw-pro|*wulf}}, from {{inh|gsw|gem-pro|*wulfaz}}. Cognate with {{cog|de|Wolf}}, {{cog|nl|wolf}}, {{cog|en|wolf}}, {{cog|is|úlfur}}.

===Noun===
{{head|gsw|noun|g=m}}

# {{lb|gsw|Carcoforo|Formazza|Gressoney|Issime|Rimella}} [[#English|wolf]]

===References===
* {{R:Patuzzi}}

{{c|gsw|Wolves}}

==Dutch==
[[File:Wolves in Kolmården.jpg|thumb|Twee ''wolven'' in de sneeuw. — Two ''wolves'' in the snow.]]

===Etymology===
From {{inh|nl|dum|wolf}}, from {{inh|nl|odt|*wulf}}, from {{inh|nl|gmw-pro|*wulf}}, from {{inh|nl|gem-pro|*wulfaz}}, from {{inh|nl|ine-pro|*wĺ̥kʷos}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|nl|/ʋɔlf/}}
* {{audio|nl|Nl-wolf.ogg}}
* {{hyphenation|nl|wolf}}
* {{rhyme|nl|ɔlf|s=1}}

===Noun===
{{nl-noun|m|-ven|+|f=wolvin}}

# {{l|en|wolf}}, undomesticated {{taxfmt|Canis lupus|species}}
#: {{ux|nl|Ze gingen de '''wolven''' bekijken in de dierentuin.|They went to look at the '''wolves''' in the zoo.}}
# one of many other [[canid]]s of the family {{taxfmt|Canidae|family}}, especially of the genus ''[[Canis]]''
#: {{ux|nl|Er bestaan verschillende soorten '''wolven'''.|Various species of '''wolves''' exist.}}

====Hypernyms====
* {{l|nl|hondachtige}}

====Hyponyms====
* {{l|nl|hond}}

====Holonyms====
* {{l|nl|roedel}}

====Derived terms====
{{col-auto|nl
|aardwolf
|aarswolf
|geldwolf
|goudwolf
|korenwolf
|prairiewolf
|poolwolf
|rietwolf
|strandwolf
|waterwolf
|weerwolf
|woestijnwolf
|wolfijzer
|wolfsgod
|wolfshond
|wolfskers
|wolfskind
|wolfsklauw
|wolfsklem
|wolfsmelk
|wolfspoot
|wolfsspin
|wolvenroedel
|wolvin
|zeewolf
}}

====Related terms====
* {{l|nl|welp}}

====Descendants====
* {{desc|af|wolf}}
* {{desc|gmw-jdt|wâlf}}
* {{desc|dcr|wuluwuluk}}
** {{desc|vic|wuluwuluk|bor=1}} {{q|dated}}

{{C|nl|Wolves}}

==Middle Dutch==

===Etymology===
From {{inh|dum|odt|*wulf}}, from {{inh|dum|gmw-pro|*wulf}}, from {{inh|dum|gem-pro|*wulfaz}}, from {{inh|dum|ine-pro|*wĺ̥kʷos}}.

===Noun===
{{dum-noun|m}}

# {{topics|dum|Canids}} [[#English|wolf]], [[grey wolf]]

====Inflection====
{{dum-decl-noun-st-m|wolv}}

====Derived terms====
* {{l|dum|wēerwolf}}

====Descendants====
* {{desctree|nl|wolf}}
* {{desc|li|wólf}}

====Further reading====
* {{R:VMNW|ID81903|I}}
* {{R:MNW|74221|I}}

{{c|dum|Wolves}}

==Middle English==

===Alternative forms===
* {{alter|enm|wulf|woulf|wolfe}}

===Etymology===
From {{inh|enm|ang|wulf}}, from {{inh|enm|gmw-pro|*wulf}}, from {{inh|enm|gem-pro|*wulfaz}}, from {{inh|enm|ine-pro|*wĺ̥kʷos}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|enm|/wulf/}}

===Noun===
{{head|enm|noun|plural|wolves|diminutive|[[wolfy]], [[wolfie]]}}

# {{l|en|wolf}}, [[lupine]]
# [[terrifying]] [[person]]

====Descendants====
* {{desctree|en|wolf}}
* {{desc|sco|wolf|woulf|wouff}}

{{c|enm|Wolves}}

==Middle High German==

===Etymology===
{{inh+|gmh|goh|wolf}}, from {{inh|gmh|gmw-pro|*wulf}}, from {{inh|gmh|gem-pro|*wulfaz}}, from {{der|gmh|ine-pro|*wĺ̥kʷos}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{gmh-IPA}}

===Noun===
{{gmh-noun|g=m}}

# [[#English|wolf]]

====Declension====
{{gmh-ndecl|m.decllemma:wolv}}

====Descendants====
* {{desc|gsw|wolf}} {{q|Italian Walser}}
* {{desc|bar|Woif|Wolf}}
*: {{desc|cim|bolf}}
*: {{desc|mhn|bolf}}
*: Udinese: {{l|bar|bolf}}, {{l|bar|bölf}}
* {{desc|de|Wolf}}
* {{desc|hrx|Wollef}}
* {{desc|lb|Wollef}}
* {{desc|pdc|Wolf}}
* {{desc|wym|wūf}}
* {{desc|yi|וואָלף}}

{{c|gmh|Wolves}}

==Old High German==

===Etymology===
From {{inh|goh|gmw-pro|*wulf}}, from {{inh|goh|gem-pro|*wulfaz}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|goh|/wolf/}}

===Noun===
{{goh-noun|m|wolfa}}

# [[#English|wolf]]

====Declension====
{{goh-decl-noun-a-m|wolf}}

====Derived terms====
* {{l|goh|wolfbizzo}}
* {{l|goh|Wolfgang}}

====Descendants====
* {{desctree|gmh|wolf}}

{{c|goh|Wolves}}

==West Frisian==

===Etymology===
From {{inh|fy|ofs|wolf}}, from {{inh|fy|gmw-pro|*wulf}}, from {{inh|fy|gem-pro|*wulfaz}}, from {{inh|fy|ine-pro|*wĺ̥kʷos}}.

===Noun===
{{fy-noun|c|wolven|wolfke}}

# [[#English|wolf]]

====Further reading====
* {{R:WFT|117136}}

{{c|fy|Wolves}}