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
• Syllabification: fu‧rón

Noun

furón m (plural furones)

1. ferret

   Synonym: rámila

Further reading

• “furón (noun)”, in Diccionariu de la llingua asturiana [Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Asturian), 1st edition, Academy of the Asturian Language [Asturian: Academia de la Llingua Asturiana], 2000, →ISBN
• Xosé Lluis García Arias (2002–2004), “furón (noun)”, in Diccionario general de la lengua asturiana [General Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Spanish), Editorial Prensa Asturiana, →ISBN

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 (Lagarteiru, Mañegu) furós or (Valverdeñu) furóns)

1. ferret

References

• Valeš, Miroslav (2021), Diccionariu de A Fala: lagarteiru, mañegu, valverdeñu (web)‎^[1], 2nd edition, Minde, Portugal: CIDLeS, published 2022, →ISBN, page 149

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

• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “foron”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “furón”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• 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

Further reading

• “furón”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026