furet

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”).

• IPA^(key): /fy.ʁɛ/

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furet m (plural furets)

1. ferret

• fureter

• → Middle Dutch: furet, fret
  • Dutch: fret
  • → German: Frett, Frettchen
    • → Finnish: fretti

• “furet”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈfʊ.rɛt]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈfuː.ret̪]

furet

1. third-person singular future active indicative of furō

• furete

From fure (“furrow”).

furet (indefinite singular furet, definite singular and plural furete)

1. furrowed, grooved, deeply lined, wrinkled (face)

• “furet” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “furete” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

• firet, furret

From Vulgar Latin *fūrittus (literally “little thief”) (compare Italian furetto), diminutive of Latin fūr (“thief”). See also fuiron (“weasel, ferret”), from Vulgar Latin *fūriō, fūriōnem, from Late Latin fūrō (“cat; robber”) (compare Spanish hurón), diminutive of Latin fūr (“thief”).

furet oblique singular, m (oblique plural furez or furetz, nominative singular furez or furetz, nominative plural furet)

1. ferret

   Synonym: fuiron

• French: furet
  • → Middle Dutch: furet, fret
    • Dutch: fret
    • → German: Frett, Frettchen
      • → Finnish: fretti
• → Middle English: furet, ferret
  • Scots: ferret
  • English: ferret

• firet on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub