vizsla

[ vizh-lo ]

noun

, (sometimes initial capital letter)

1. one of a Hungarian breed of medium-sized, powerful hunting dogs having a short, smooth, rusty-gold coat, a square muzzle, and a docked tail.

vizsla

/ ˈvɪʒlə /

noun

1. a breed of Hungarian hunting dog with a smooth rusty-gold coat

Word History and Origins

Origin of vizsla¹

1940–45; < Hungarian; akin to Serbo-Croatian vȉžao, Czech vyžle, vyžel, Polish wyżeł, Russian výzhlets; ultimately source and direction of transmission uncertain

Word History and Origins

Origin of vizsla¹

C20: named after Vizsla, Hungary

Example Sentences

Any age, sex, or breed of dog can be affected - though to date there have been more cases in Labradors, spaniels and Hungarian vizslas.

From BBC

There was a Labrador retriever, a Leonberger, a cavalier King Charles spaniel, a cavapoochon, a French bulldog, a wheaten terrier and two vizslas.

From Washington Post

Claire Guest, CEO of the U.K. organization Medical Detection Dogs, and her team first trained a Labrador retriever and a wirehaired vizsla to identify urine samples from prostate-cancer-positive and negative patients.

From Scientific American

Under an international research programme, a Labrador, Florin, and a vizsla, Midas, sniffed out the cancer's odour in urine samples from patients.

From BBC

Sohier had met this woman at a dog show and learned that she was the owner of several vizslas—a photogenic breed, like a smaller, reddish Weimaraner.

From The New Yorker