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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈblʌd.haʊnd/ [UK] Forms: bloodhounds [plural]
Etymology: Inherited from Middle English blodhound, blodhond; equivalent to blood + hound. Cognate with Dutch bloedhond (“bloodhound”), Middle Low German blōthunt (“bloodhound”), German Bluthund (“bloodhound”), Danish blodhund (“bloodhound”), Swedish blodhund (“bloodhound”). The detective sense follows from the dog's ability to follow a trail. Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|en|enm|blodhound|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Middle English blodhound, {{inh+|en|enm|blodhound}} Inherited from Middle English blodhound, {{compound|en|blood|hound}} blood + hound, {{cog|nl|bloedhond|t=bloodhound}} Dutch bloedhond (“bloodhound”), {{cog|gml|blōthunt|t=bloodhound}} Middle Low German blōthunt (“bloodhound”), {{cog|de|Bluthund|t=bloodhound}} German Bluthund (“bloodhound”), {{cog|da|blodhund|t=bloodhound}} Danish blodhund (“bloodhound”), {{cog|sv|blodhund|t=bloodhound}} Swedish blodhund (“bloodhound”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} bloodhound (plural bloodhounds)
  1. A large scenthound famed for its ability to follow a scent many days old, over vast distances. This dog is often used as a police dog to track missing people, fleeing suspects, or escaped prisoners. Categories (lifeform): Scenthounds Translations (dog): ловджийско куче (lovdžijsko kuče) (Bulgarian), gos coniller [masculine] (Catalan), bloodhound [masculine] (Czech), blodhund [common-gender] (Danish), bloedhond [masculine] (Dutch), верьбине (veŕbińe) (Erzya), spurhundo (Esperanto), vihikoira (Finnish), limier [masculine] (French), chien de Saint-Hubert [masculine] (French), Bloodhound (note: usually a specific breed) [masculine] (German), Bluthund (english: scenthound in general) [masculine] (German), Schweißhund [masculine] (German), Schweisshund [Liechtenstein, Switzerland, masculine] (German), ʻīlio hanu kanaka (Hawaiian), véreb (Hungarian), blóðhundur [masculine] (Icelandic), madra fola [masculine] (Irish), segugio [masculine] (Italian), жойчу (joycu) [feminine] (Kyrgyz), انجيڠ ڤمبورو داره [Jawi] (Malay), anjing pemburu darah [Rumi] (Malay), coo folley [masculine] (Manx), blodhund [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), blodhund [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), ogar [masculine] (Polish), posokowiec [masculine] (Polish), sabujo [masculine] (Portuguese), ище́йка (iščéjka) [feminine] (Russian), sabueso [masculine] (Spanish), blodhund [common-gender] (Swedish), bludadog (Volapük), gwaetgi [masculine] (Welsh)
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  2. (figurative) A detective or other person skilled at finding people or clues. Tags: figuratively Translations (informal: detective): детектив (detektiv) [masculine] (Bulgarian), таен агент (english: taen agent) (Bulgarian), verikoira (Finnish), limier [masculine] (French), détective [masculine] (French), Detektiv [masculine] (German), Detektivin [feminine] (German), Schnüffler [masculine] (German), Schnüfflerin [feminine] (German), λαγωνικό (lagonikó) [neuter] (Greek), segugio [masculine] (Italian), сы́щик (sýščik) [masculine] (Russian), детекти́в (detektív) [masculine] (Russian), ище́йка (iščéjka) [feminine, pejorative, usually] (Russian), sabueso [masculine] (Spanish), sabuesa [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-bloodhound-en-noun-fWvH~pkG Disambiguation of 'informal: detective': 8 72 20
  3. (archaic) A bloodthirsty person. Tags: archaic Translations (bloodthirsty person): blodhund [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), blodhund [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk)
    Sense id: en-bloodhound-en-noun-BphsNF6e Disambiguation of 'bloodthirsty person': 3 16 80
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: blood-hound, bloudhound, bloud-hound [obsolete] Derived forms: bloodhounding, bloodhoundish

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        "(figurative) A detective or other person skilled at finding people or clues."
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          "roman": "detektiv",
          "sense": "informal: detective",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "таен агент"
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          "_dis1": "8 72 20",
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          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "informal: detective",
          "word": "verikoira"
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          "_dis1": "8 72 20",
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          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "informal: detective",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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          "word": "limier"
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          "_dis1": "8 72 20",
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          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "informal: detective",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "détective"
        },
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          "_dis1": "8 72 20",
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          "sense": "informal: detective",
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          "word": "Detektiv"
        },
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          "_dis1": "8 72 20",
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          "sense": "informal: detective",
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          "word": "Detektivin"
        },
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          "_dis1": "8 72 20",
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          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "informal: detective",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "Schnüffler"
        },
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          "_dis1": "8 72 20",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "informal: detective",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Schnüfflerin"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 72 20",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "lagonikó",
          "sense": "informal: detective",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "λαγωνικό"
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        {
          "_dis1": "8 72 20",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "informal: detective",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "segugio"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 72 20",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "sýščik",
          "sense": "informal: detective",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "сы́щик"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 72 20",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "detektív",
          "sense": "informal: detective",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "детекти́в"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 72 20",
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          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "iščéjka",
          "sense": "informal: detective",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "ище́йка"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 72 20",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "informal: detective",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "sabueso"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 72 20",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
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          "tags": [
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          "ref": "1817 December, Percy Bysshe Shelley, “The Revolt of Islam. […]”, in [Mary] Shelley, editor, The Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley. […], volume I, London: Edward Moxon […], published 1839, →OCLC, page 263:",
          "text": "For now the despot’s blood-hounds with their prey,\nUnarmed and unaware, were gorging deep\nTheir gluttony of death; the loose array\nOf horsemen o’er the wide fields murdering sweep,\nAnd with loud laughter for their tyrant reap\nA harvest sown with other hopes; […]",
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        "A bloodthirsty person."
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        "(archaic) A bloodthirsty person."
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          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "bloodthirsty person",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "blodhund"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 16 80",
          "code": "nn",
          "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
          "sense": "bloodthirsty person",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "blodhund"
        }
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      "word": "bloudhound"
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "bloud-hound"
    }
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  "word": "bloodhound"
}
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    "Terms with Catalan translations",
    "Terms with Czech translations",
    "Terms with Danish translations",
    "Terms with Dutch translations",
    "Terms with Erzya translations",
    "Terms with Esperanto translations",
    "Terms with Finnish translations",
    "Terms with French translations",
    "Terms with German translations",
    "Terms with Greek translations",
    "Terms with Hawaiian translations",
    "Terms with Hungarian translations",
    "Terms with Icelandic translations",
    "Terms with Irish translations",
    "Terms with Italian translations",
    "Terms with Kyrgyz translations",
    "Terms with Malay translations",
    "Terms with Manx translations",
    "Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations",
    "Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations",
    "Terms with Polish translations",
    "Terms with Portuguese translations",
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    "Terms with Spanish translations",
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        {
          "ref": "2007, Xavier: Renegade Angel, season 1, episode 4, spoken by Police Officer:",
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        }
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        "A large scenthound famed for its ability to follow a scent many days old, over vast distances. This dog is often used as a police dog to track missing people, fleeing suspects, or escaped prisoners."
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        "(figurative) A detective or other person skilled at finding people or clues."
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          "text": "For now the despot’s blood-hounds with their prey,\nUnarmed and unaware, were gorging deep\nTheir gluttony of death; the loose array\nOf horsemen o’er the wide fields murdering sweep,\nAnd with loud laughter for their tyrant reap\nA harvest sown with other hopes; […]",
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        "A bloodthirsty person."
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        "(archaic) A bloodthirsty person."
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      "word": "bloudhound"
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    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "lovdžijsko kuče",
      "sense": "dog",
      "word": "ловджийско куче"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "dog",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "gos coniller"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "dog",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "bloodhound"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "dog",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "blodhund"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "dog",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "bloedhond"
    },
    {
      "code": "myv",
      "lang": "Erzya",
      "roman": "veŕbińe",
      "sense": "dog",
      "word": "верьбине"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "dog",
      "word": "spurhundo"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "dog",
      "word": "vihikoira"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "dog",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "limier"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "dog",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "chien de Saint-Hubert"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "note": "usually a specific breed",
      "sense": "dog",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Bloodhound"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "english": "scenthound in general",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "dog",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Bluthund"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "dog",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Schweißhund"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "dog",
      "tags": [
        "Liechtenstein",
        "Switzerland",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Schweisshund"
    },
    {
      "code": "haw",
      "lang": "Hawaiian",
      "sense": "dog",
      "word": "ʻīlio hanu kanaka"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "dog",
      "word": "véreb"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "dog",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "blóðhundur"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "dog",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "madra fola"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "dog",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "segugio"
    },
    {
      "code": "ky",
      "lang": "Kyrgyz",
      "roman": "joycu",
      "sense": "dog",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "жойчу"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "dog",
      "tags": [
        "Jawi"
      ],
      "word": "انجيڠ ڤمبورو داره"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "dog",
      "tags": [
        "Rumi"
      ],
      "word": "anjing pemburu darah"
    },
    {
      "code": "gv",
      "lang": "Manx",
      "sense": "dog",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "coo folley"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "dog",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "blodhund"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "dog",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "blodhund"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "dog",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ogar"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "dog",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "posokowiec"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "dog",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sabujo"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "iščéjka",
      "sense": "dog",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ище́йка"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "dog",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sabueso"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "dog",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "blodhund"
    },
    {
      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "dog",
      "word": "bludadog"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "dog",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "gwaetgi"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "detektiv",
      "sense": "informal: detective",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "детектив"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "english": "taen agent",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "sense": "informal: detective",
      "word": "таен агент"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "informal: detective",
      "word": "verikoira"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "informal: detective",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "limier"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "informal: detective",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "détective"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "informal: detective",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Detektiv"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "informal: detective",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Detektivin"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "informal: detective",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Schnüffler"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "informal: detective",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Schnüfflerin"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "lagonikó",
      "sense": "informal: detective",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "λαγωνικό"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "informal: detective",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "segugio"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "sýščik",
      "sense": "informal: detective",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "сы́щик"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "detektív",
      "sense": "informal: detective",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "детекти́в"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "iščéjka",
      "sense": "informal: detective",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "pejorative",
        "usually"
      ],
      "word": "ище́йка"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "informal: detective",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sabueso"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "informal: detective",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "sabuesa"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "bloodthirsty person",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "blodhund"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "bloodthirsty person",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "blodhund"
    }
  ],
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}

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-11-06 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-10-02 using wiktextract (fbeafe8 and 7f03c9b). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.