Feminine

hermine

  1. (feminine) ermine (Mustela erminea)
  2. (feminine) ermine (material)
  3. (feminine) ermine (tincture)

Frequency

42k
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ɛʁ.min/
Etymology

In summary

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.

mountain weasel

ermine fur

Nearctic ermine

stoat skin

Mustela erminea

shorttail weasel

ermine

mustela erminea

hérmine

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