musaraigne

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin mūsarāneus, from mūs (“mouse”) + arāneus (“of a spider”) (because the bite of many shrews, e.g. Neomys fodiens, is venomous).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /my.za.ʁɛɲ/

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Noun

musaraigne f (plural musaraignes)

1. shrew

Further reading

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