furet

From Old French furet, furret, from Vulgar Latin *fūrittus (“little thief”) (compare Italian furetto), diminutive of Latin fūr (“thief”). See also Old French fuiron (“weasel, ferret”), from Vulgar Latin *fūriō, fūriōnem, from Late Latin fūrō (“cat; robber”) (compare Spanish hurón), diminutive of Latin fūr (“thief”).

• IPA^(key): /fy.ʁɛ/

furet m (plural furets)

1. ferret

• fureter

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

furet

1. third-person singular future active indicative of furō

From fure (“furrow”)

furet (indefinite singular furet, definite singular and plural furete)

1. furrowed, grooved, deeply lined, wrinkled (face)

• furete

• “furet” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “furete” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

• firet
• furret

From Vulgar Latin *fūrittus (“little thief”) (compare Italian furetto), diminutive of Latin fūr (“thief”). See also fuiron (“weasel, ferret”), from Vulgar Latin *fūriō, fūriōnem, from Late Latin fūrō (“cat; robber”) (compare Spanish hurón), diminutive of Latin fūr (“thief”).

furet m (oblique plural furez or furetz, nominative singular furez or furetz, nominative plural furet)

1. ferret

• fuiron

• French: furet
• → Middle English: furet, ferret
  • Scots: ferret
  • English: ferret

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