ermine

Signification (Anglais)

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.

Concepts

hermine

panne

ermine

mustela erminea

hérmine

Synonymes

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

Traductions

armiño

Hermelin

ermellino

arminho

hermelijn

ermini

Mustela erminea

ερμίνα

kakım

ermina

as

kakim

ermin

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈɜːmɪn/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: ermine

Appartenant à ancien français: ermine

Appartenant à Old Dutch: *harmino

Appartenant à néerlandais: hermelijn

Appartenant à ancien anglais: hearma

Appartenant à ancien haut allemand: harmo

Appartenant à allemand: Harm

Appartenant à romanche: carmun

Appartenant à lituanien: 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.