fouine

See also: fouiné

French

Fouine

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fwin/

Etymology 1

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *fāgīna (“beech marten”).

Noun

fouine f (plural fouines)

1. beech marten

Descendants

• → Portuguese: fuinha

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

fouine

1. inflection of fouiner:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

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