écureuil
French
Etymology
From Middle French escureul, escuirel, escurel, from Old French escurel from Late Latin *scūriolus, diminutive of *scūrius, variant of Classical Latin sciūrus, from Ancient Greek σκίουρος (skíouros).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /e.ky.ʁœj/
audio (file) - (Louisiana) IPA(key): [e.ky.ɾœj], [e.ki.ɾœj], [ze.ky.ɾœj], [ze.ki.ɾœj], [ki.ɾœj], [zi.ki.ɾœj], [zi.ki.ɾej], [ze.ki.ɾej]
- Homophone: écureuils
- Hyphenation: é‧cu‧reuil
Noun
écureuil m (plural écureuils)
- squirrel
Derived terms
- écureuil d'Eurasie
- écureuil gris
- écureuil occidental
- écureuil roux
Further reading
- “écureuil”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.