ermine

Bedeutung (Englisch)

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) A weasel found in northern latitudes (Mustela erminea in Eurasia, Alaska, and the Arctic, Mustela haidarum in Haida Gwaii, Mustela richardsonii in the rest of North America); its dark brown fur turns white in winter, apart from the black tip of the tail.
2. (countable, uncountable) The white fur of this animal, traditionally seen as a symbol of purity and used for judges' robes.
3. (broadly, countable, figuratively, uncountable) The office of a judge.
4. (countable, uncountable) The fur of this animal, used as a heraldic tincture: a white field with a repeating pattern of stylized black spots.
5. (countable, uncountable) Any of various moths, especially in the family Yponomeutidae

Adj

In blazon, of the colour ermine (white with black spots).

Verb

To clothe with ermine.

Konzepte

Hermelin

Kurzschwanzwiesel

Hermelinpelz

Ermine

Grosswiesel

grosses Wiesel

Großes Wiesel

großes Wiesel

Synonyme

stoat

short-tailed weasel

mink

Mustela erminea

shorttail weasel

weasel

marten pelt

ermine fur

Nearctic ermine

common stoat

ferret

stoat skin

marten

miniver

kolinsky

mountain weasel

raw sable skin

Übersetzungen

hermine

armiño

ermellino

arminho

hermelijn

ermini

Mustela erminea

ερμίνα

kakım

ermina

as

ermin

kakim

Ausgesprochen als (IPA)

/ˈɜːmɪn/

Etymologie (Englisch)

Geerbt von Mittelenglisch: ermine

Verwandt mit Altfranzösisch: ermine

Verwandt mit Old Dutch: *harmino

Verwandt mit Niederländisch: hermelijn

Verwandt mit Altenglisch: hearma

Verwandt mit Althochdeutsch: harmo

Verwandt mit Deutsch: Harm

Verwandt mit Rätoromanisch: carmun

Verwandt mit Litauisch: šarmuõ

In summary

From Middle English ermine, ermin, ermyn, from Old French ermin, ermine, hermine.
There are two main theories for the origin of Old French ermine. Germanic origin is suggested via Old Dutch *harmino (“stoat skin”), from *harmo (“stoat, weasel”) (compare Dutch hermelijn and dialectal herm), from Proto-Germanic *harmǭ, *harmô (compare Old English hearma, Old High German harmo (harmin (adjective), obsolete German Harm), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱormō (compare Romansch carmun, obsolete Lithuanian šarmuõ). Romance sources identify the animal with the corresponding word for Armenian, possibly from Medieval Latin mūs Armenius (“Armenian mouse”) or a posterior compound.