Feminine
hermine
- (feminine) ermine (Mustela erminea)
- (feminine) ermine (material)
- (feminine) ermine (tincture)
Frequency
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
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