belette

Dutch

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Verb

belette

singular past indicative and subjunctive of beletten
(archaic) singular present subjunctive of beletten

French

belette

Etymology

From Franco-Provençal belete, diminutive from Gaulish *bela (compare Welsh bele ‘marten’), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- (compare Latin fēlēs ‘wildcat; marten’).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /bə.lɛt/
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Noun

belette f (plural belettes)

weasel (specifically, the least weasel)

Further reading

“belette” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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