English Explanatory Dictionary

wolfpack

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A family or other group of wild wolves.
  2. During World War II, any of various marauding groups of submarines, especially German submarines that patrolled the North Atlantic and preyed upon merchant ships.
verb
  1. To gang up on a solitary target, in the manner of a pack of wolves.

Pronunciation

/ˈwʊlfpæk/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-wolfpack.wav

Word forms

wolfpack wolfpacks wolf pack wolf-pack wolfpacking wolfpacked

Etymology

From wolf + pack.

Translations

Bulgarian: глутница Chinese Mandarin: 狼群 Czech: vlčí smečka Dutch: wolvenroedel Dutch: roedel Esperanto: luparo Finnish: susilauma French: bande French: meute de loups German: Wolfsrudel German: Rudel von Wölfen German: Rudel Wölfe Hungarian: farkasfalka Irish: conairt Italian: branco di lupi Japanese: オオカミの群れ Malay: kawanan serigala Polish: wataha Portuguese: alcateia Russian: во́лчья ста́я Spanish: manada Swedish: vargflock Tibetan: སྤྱང་ཁྱུ Turkish: kurt sürüsü Volapük: lupem Welsh: cnud
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