hermine

From Middle French, from Old French ermin, ermine, hermine (“ermine”), from Frankish *harmo, *harmin- (“ermine, stoat, weasel”), from Proto-Germanic *harmô (“weasel”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱerǝm- (“weasel”). Cognate with Old High German harmo (“ermine, stoat, weasel”), Old Dutch harm (“weasel”), Old English hearma (“fieldmouse, dormouse, weasel”). More at ermine.

• ^{(mute h)} IPA^(key): /ɛʁ.min/

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• Rhymes: -in

hermine f (plural hermines)

1. ermine (Mustela erminea)
2. ermine (material)
3. ermine (tincture)

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