furet
French
Etymology
From Old French furet, furret, from Vulgar Latin *fūrittus (literally “little thief”) (compare Italian furetto), diminutive of Latin fūr (“thief”). See also Old French fuiron (“weasel, ferret”), from Vulgar Latin *fūriō, fūriōnem, from Late Latin fūrō (“cat; robber”) (compare Spanish hurón), diminutive of Latin fūr (“thief”).
Pronunciation
Noun
furet m (plural furets)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “furet”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈfu.ret/, [ˈfʊrɛt̪]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈfu.ret/, [ˈfuːret̪]
Verb
(deprecated template usage) furet
Norwegian Bokmål
Alternative forms
Etymology
From fure (“furrow”)
Adjective
furet (indefinite singular furet, definite singular and plural furete)
References
Old French
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin *fūrittus (literally “little thief”) (compare Italian furetto), diminutive of Latin fūr (“thief”). See also fuiron (“weasel, ferret”), from Vulgar Latin *fūriō, fūriōnem, from Late Latin fūrō (“cat; robber”) (compare Spanish hurón), diminutive of Latin fūr (“thief”).
Noun
furet oblique singular, m (oblique plural furez or furetz, nominative singular furez or furetz, nominative plural furet)
Descendants
References
- firet on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub
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