furet

Concepts

ferret

rabbit

🐰

shuttle

snake

🐍

ferrets

Mustela nigripes

ferret out

plumber’s snake

Mustela putorius furo

black-footed ferret

gill

Synonyms

Mustela nigripes

Mustela putorius furo

mustela nigripes

putois à pieds noirs

vrille à déboucher

Translations

Frettchen

furetto

hurón

furão

fret

fura

κουνάβι

dağ gelinciği

fura

furăo

furó

νυφίτσα

furetti

Mustela nigripes

Pronounced as (IPA)

/fy.ʁɛ/

Etymology

Cognate with Italian: furetto

Cognate with Old French: fuiron

Cognate with Spanish: hurón

Cognate with Latin: fūr

In summary

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”).