vermine
English
Noun
vermine
- Obsolete form of vermin.
French
Etymology
From Old French vermine, from verm + -ine, or possibly a Vulgar Latin *verminum, from Latin vermis (“worm”).
Noun
vermine f (uncountable)
- vermin (destructive creatures)
- vermin (a contemptible person)
Derived terms
- vermineux
Further reading
- “vermine”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
- Minerve
German
Pronunciation
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Verb
vermine
- inflection of verminen:
- first-person singular present
- first/third-person singular subjunctive I
- singular imperative
Middle English
Noun
vermine
- Alternative form of vermyn
Old French
Alternative forms
- vermin
Etymology
From verm + -ine, or possibly a Vulgar Latin *verminum, from Latin vermis (“worm”).
Noun
vermine f (oblique plural vermines, nominative singular vermine, nominative plural vermines)
- vermin (any disliked creatures)
Descendants
- French: vermine
- → Middle English: vermyn, vermayne, vermine, vermyne
- English: vermin, varmint
- Scots: vermin, vermil