hurón

See also: huron, Huron, and húron

Spanish

un hurón

Etymology

Inherited from Late Latin fūrōnem, from Latin fūr (“thief”). Cognate with English ferret.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /uˈɾon/ [uˈɾõn]
• Rhymes: -on
• Syllabification: hu‧rón

Noun

hurón m (plural hurones)

1. (also figurative) ferret

Derived terms

• huroncito (“grison”)
• hurón menor
• hurón patagónico (“Patagonian weasel”)

Further reading

• “hurón”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10
• hurón on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^es