furet

See also: furèt

French

Etymology

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”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fy.ʁɛ/

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

furet m (plural furets)

1. ferret

Derived terms

• fureter

Descendants

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

Further reading

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

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈfu.ret/, [ˈfʊrɛt̪]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈfu.ret/, [ˈfuːret̪]

Verb

furet

1. third-person singular future active indicative of furō

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• furete

Etymology

From fure (“furrow”).

Adjective

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

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

References

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

Old French

Alternative forms

• firet, furret

Etymology

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”).

Noun

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

1. ferret

   Synonym: fuiron

Descendants

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

References

• firet on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub