belette
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Verb[edit]
belette
- inflection of beletten:
French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Franco-Provençal belete, diminutive from Gaulish *bela (compare Welsh bele (“marten”)), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- (compare Latin fēlēs (“wildcat; marten”)).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
belette f (plural belettes)
- weasel (specifically, the least weasel)
Descendants[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “belette”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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