hermine
Appearance
See also: Hermine
French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Middle French hermin, ermin, from Old French ermin, ermine, hermine (“ermine”), from either Medieval Latin (mus) Armenius (“Armenian (mouse)”) (see Armenia) or Frankish *harmīn (“ermine”, adjective) (from *harmō (“ermine”)). More at ermine.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]hermine f (plural hermines)
- ermine (Mustela erminea)
- ermine (material)
- ermine (tincture)
Descendants
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “hermine”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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