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Pronunciation / Transliteration: Kläffer
"Der kleine Kläffer hörte nicht auf zu bellen."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
A small, mixed-breed dog, especially one used for hunting small game.
"The little brown feist barked incessantly at the squirrel up the oak tree." - 2
A quarrelsome, pugnacious, or overly assertive person.
"Don't let his small stature fool you; he's a real feist when provoked."
Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from Middle English fhist, ultimately from Old English fīst meaning a breaking of wind, related to Old High German fiist. Over time, the meaning shifted in American regional dialects to describe a small, feisty, and yappy dog, and subsequently generalized to mean a pugnacious or quarrelsome person.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Feist" is said worldwide
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bâtard
Transliteration: ba-tar
"Le petit chien bâtard courait dans la cour."
Kläffer
Transliteration: Kläffer
"Der kleine Kläffer hörte nicht auf zu bellen."
bastardino
Transliteration: bas-tar-di-no
"Quel piccolo bastardino è molto vivace."
chucho
Transliteration: chu-cho
"El pequeño chucho no dejaba de ladrar."
vira-lata
Transliteration: vi-ra-la-ta
"O pequeno vira-lata era extremamente corajoso."
छोटा कुत्ता
Transliteration: chhota kutta
"वह छोटा कुत्ता बहुत शोर मचा रहा था।"
杂种小狗
Transliteration: zá zhǒng xiǎo gǒu
"那只爱叫的杂种小狗跑来跑去。"
잡종견
Transliteration: japsjong-gyeon
"작은 잡종견이 짖어대기 시작했다."
雑種犬
Transliteration: zasshuken
"その小さな雑種犬は元気よく吠えた。"
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