écureuil

French

Etymology

From Middle French escureul, escuirel, escurel, from Old French escurel from Late Latin *scūriolus, diminutive of *scūrius, variant of Classical Latin sciūrus, from Ancient Greek σκίουρος (skíouros).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /e.ky.ʁœj/

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• IPA^(key): [e.ky.ɾœj, e.ki.ɾœj, ze.ky.ɾœj, ze.ki.ɾœj, ki.ɾœj, zi.ki.ɾœj, zi.ki.ɾej, ze.ki.ɾéj]
• Homophone: écureuils
• Hyphenation: é‧cu‧reuil

Noun

écureuil m (plural écureuils)

1. squirrel

Derived terms

• écureuil d’Eurasie
• écureuil gris
• écureuil occidental
• écureuil roux

 

Further reading

• “écureuil”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.