hermine
See also: Hermine
French
Etymology
From Middle French hermin, ermin, from Old French ermin, ermine, hermine (“ermine”), from Frankish *harmo, *harmin- (“ermine, stoat, weasel”), from Proto-Germanic *harmô (“weasel”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱerǝm- (“weasel”). Cognate with Old High German harmo (“ermine, stoat, weasel”), Old Dutch harm (“weasel”), Old English hearma (“fieldmouse, dormouse, weasel”). More at ermine.
Pronunciation
- (mute h) IPA(key): /ɛʁ.min/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -in
Noun
hermine f (plural hermines)
- ermine (Mustela erminea)
- ermine (material)
- ermine (tincture)
Descendants
- → Romanian: hermină
- → Turkish: ermin
Further reading
- “hermine”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.