furón

See also: furon

Asturian

Etymology

From Late Latin fūrō, fūrōnis (“thief”), from Classical Latin fūr (“thief”). Compare Portuguese furão, Galician furón and Spanish hurón.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fuˈɾon/, [fuˈɾõŋ]
• Rhymes: -on
• Hyphenation: fu‧rón

Noun

furón m (plural furones)

1. ferret

   Synonym: rámila

Further reading

• Academia de la Llingua Asturiana (2000). Diccionariu de la llingua asturiana (1ª edición). →ISBN. on-line version.

Fala

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese foron, from Late Latin fūrōnem (“thief”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fuˈɾon/
• Rhymes: -on
• Syllabification: fu‧rón

Noun

furón m (plural furós (Lagarteiru, Mañegu) or furóns (Valverdeñu))

1. ferret

References

• Valeš, Miroslav (2021) Diccionariu de A Fala: lagarteiru, mañegu, valverdeñu (web)‎^[1], 2nd edition, Minde, Portugal: CIDLeS, published 2022, →ISBN

Galician

Furón

Alternative forms

• furom, furão (reintegrationist)

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese foron, from Late Latin fūrō, fūrōnis (“thief”), from Classical Latin fūr (“thief”). Compare Portuguese furão, Asturian furón, Spanish hurón.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fuˈɾoŋ/ [fuˈɾoŋ]
• Rhymes: -oŋ
• Hyphenation: fu‧rón

Noun

furón m (plural furóns)

1. ferret

Derived terms

• furonciño

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “foron”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “foron”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “furon”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “furón”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “furón”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN