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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈpəʊlkæt/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-polecat.wav Forms: polecats [plural]
Rhymes: -əʊlkæt Etymology: From Middle English polcat, pulkat, of uncertain origin. Perhaps from Middle English *pole, *poule (“hen”), from Old French poule (“hen”) + Middle English cat. Compare English foulmart. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|polcat}} Middle English polcat, {{unc|en|nocap=1}} uncertain, {{der|en|enm|*pole}} Middle English *pole, {{der|en|fro|poule|t=hen}} Old French poule (“hen”), {{m+|enm|cat}} Middle English cat, {{m+|en|foumart|foulmart}} English foulmart Head templates: {{en-noun}} polecat (plural polecats)
  1. A weasel-like animal of the genus Mustela. Categories (lifeform): Mephitids, Mustelids
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  2. A weasel-like animal of the genus Mustela.
    notably, the European polecat, Mustela putorius.
    Categories (lifeform): Mephitids, Mustelids Synonyms: fitch, foumart
    Sense id: en-polecat-en-noun-tP021OTk Disambiguation of Mephitids: 35 43 21 1 Disambiguation of Mustelids: 36 43 20 1 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Arabic translations, Terms with Bashkir translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Georgian translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hebrew translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations, Terms with Welsh translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 36 38 23 3 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 30 34 28 8 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 25 42 28 4 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 32 39 26 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Arabic translations: 34 34 27 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Bashkir translations: 33 33 28 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 33 33 28 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Georgian translations: 33 33 27 8 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 34 34 25 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Hebrew translations: 34 34 26 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 33 33 26 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 33 33 28 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations: 31 37 26 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 33 33 28 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Welsh translations: 33 33 26 7
  3. (Texas, Appalachia) A skunk. Tags: Appalachia, Texas Categories (lifeform): Mephitids, Mustelids
    Sense id: en-polecat-en-noun-IAunRMrN Disambiguation of Mephitids: 35 43 21 1 Disambiguation of Mustelids: 36 43 20 1 Categories (other): Appalachian English, Texas English, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with entries, Terms with Arabic translations, Terms with Bashkir translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Georgian translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hebrew translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations, Terms with Welsh translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 36 38 23 3 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 30 34 28 8 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 32 39 26 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Arabic translations: 34 34 27 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Bashkir translations: 33 33 28 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 33 33 28 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Georgian translations: 33 33 27 8 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 34 34 25 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Hebrew translations: 34 34 26 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 33 33 26 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 33 33 28 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations: 31 37 26 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 33 33 28 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Welsh translations: 33 33 26 7
  4. (television) A tubular device used to support lights on a set. Categories (topical): Television
    Sense id: en-polecat-en-noun-kCHsqE4i Topics: broadcasting, media, television
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: European polecat, marbled polecat, steppe polecat, stink like a polecat, striped polecat Translations (weasel of the genus Mustela): نِمْس (nims) [masculine] (Arabic), көҙән (köźən) (Bashkir), kärppä (Finnish), ქრცვინი (krcvini) (Georgian), Iltis [masculine] (German), סַמּוּר (samúr) [masculine] (Hebrew), tchórz [masculine] (Polish), dihor [masculine] (Romanian), feocallan [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), тхір (txir) [masculine] (Ukrainian), ffwlbart [masculine] (Welsh)
Disambiguation of 'weasel of the genus Mustela': 49 49 2 0

Inflected forms

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    },
    {
      "_dis1": "49 49 2 0",
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "weasel of the genus Mustela",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Iltis"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "49 49 2 0",
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "samúr",
      "sense": "weasel of the genus Mustela",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "סַמּוּר"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "49 49 2 0",
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "weasel of the genus Mustela",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "tchórz"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "49 49 2 0",
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "weasel of the genus Mustela",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "dihor"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "49 49 2 0",
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "weasel of the genus Mustela",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "feocallan"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "49 49 2 0",
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "txir",
      "sense": "weasel of the genus Mustela",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "тхір"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "49 49 2 0",
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "weasel of the genus Mustela",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ffwlbart"
    }
  ],
  "word": "polecat"
}
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    "English terms derived from Old French",
    "English terms inherited from Middle English",
    "English terms with unknown etymologies",
    "Entries missing English vernacular names of taxa",
    "Entries with translation boxes",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Rhymes:English/əʊlkæt",
    "Rhymes:English/əʊlkæt/2 syllables",
    "Terms with Arabic translations",
    "Terms with Bashkir translations",
    "Terms with Finnish translations",
    "Terms with Georgian translations",
    "Terms with German translations",
    "Terms with Hebrew translations",
    "Terms with Polish translations",
    "Terms with Romanian translations",
    "Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations",
    "Terms with Ukrainian translations",
    "Terms with Welsh translations",
    "en:Mephitids",
    "en:Mustelids"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "European polecat"
    },
    {
      "word": "marbled polecat"
    },
    {
      "word": "steppe polecat"
    },
    {
      "word": "stink like a polecat"
    },
    {
      "word": "striped polecat"
    }
  ],
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        "3": "polcat"
      },
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      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "nocap": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "uncertain",
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    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "enm",
        "3": "*pole"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English *pole",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "fro",
        "3": "poule",
        "t": "hen"
      },
      "expansion": "Old French poule (“hen”)",
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    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "cat"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English cat",
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    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "foumart",
        "3": "foulmart"
      },
      "expansion": "English foulmart",
      "name": "m+"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle English polcat, pulkat, of uncertain origin. Perhaps from Middle English *pole, *poule (“hen”), from Old French poule (“hen”) + Middle English cat. Compare English foulmart.",
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      "tags": [
        "plural"
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    }
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  "pos": "noun",
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      "glosses": [
        "A weasel-like animal of the genus Mustela."
      ],
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        [
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        ],
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          "ref": "1837, George Sand, translated by Stanley Young, Mauprat, Cassandra Editions, published 1977, →ISBN, page 237:",
          "text": "For a long time the dormouse and polecat had seemed to him overfeeble enemies for his restless valour, even as the granary floor seemed to afford too narrow a field. Every day he read the papers of the previous day in the servants' hall of the houses he visited, and it appeared to him that this war in America, which was hailed as the awakening of the spirit of liberty and justice in the New World, ought to produce a revolution in France.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1919, Ronald Firbank, Valmouth, Duckworth, hardback edition, page 61",
          "text": "By the little garden pergola open to the winds some fluttered peacocks were blotted nervelessly amid the dripping trees, their heads sunk back beneath their wings: while in the pergola itself, like a fallen storm-cloud, lolled a negress, her levelled, polecat eyes semi-veiled by the nebulous alchemy of the rainbow."
        }
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        "A weasel-like animal of the genus Mustela.",
        "notably, the European polecat, Mustela putorius."
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        [
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          "Mustela#Translingual"
        ],
        [
          "European polecat",
          "European polecat"
        ],
        [
          "Mustela putorius",
          "Mustela putorius#Translingual"
        ]
      ],
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        {
          "word": "fitch"
        },
        {
          "word": "foumart"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Appalachian English",
        "Texas English"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A skunk."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "skunk",
          "skunk"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Texas, Appalachia) A skunk."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Appalachia",
        "Texas"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned",
        "en:Television"
      ],
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        {
          "ref": "1991, Gerald Millerson, The Technique of Lighting for Television and Film, page 323:",
          "text": "This is adjustable telescopic tubing, wedged securely between floor and ceiling (vertical pole) or wall-to-wall (horizontal pole), within corridors, arches, window openings, doorways, etc. It may be held in position by a strong internal spring or end-screws. Designs include polecat, varipole, barricuda, jack tube, Acrow.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2013, Alan Bermingham, Location Lighting for Television, page 196:",
          "text": "This uses a battery-operated HMI/MSR 200 W rigged on a magic arm fastened to a vertical 'pole-cat'. Check that the car roof is suitable for this application and remember to include a clean card (beer mat) between the top of the pole-cat and the car roof!",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
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        "A tubular device used to support lights on a set."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "television",
          "television"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(television) A tubular device used to support lights on a set."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "broadcasting",
        "media",
        "television"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "ipa": "/ˈpəʊlkæt/"
    },
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    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-əʊlkæt"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "nims",
      "sense": "weasel of the genus Mustela",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "نِمْس"
    },
    {
      "code": "ba",
      "lang": "Bashkir",
      "roman": "köźən",
      "sense": "weasel of the genus Mustela",
      "word": "көҙән"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "weasel of the genus Mustela",
      "word": "kärppä"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "krcvini",
      "sense": "weasel of the genus Mustela",
      "word": "ქრცვინი"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "weasel of the genus Mustela",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Iltis"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "samúr",
      "sense": "weasel of the genus Mustela",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "סַמּוּר"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "weasel of the genus Mustela",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "tchórz"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "weasel of the genus Mustela",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "dihor"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "weasel of the genus Mustela",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "feocallan"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "txir",
      "sense": "weasel of the genus Mustela",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "тхір"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "weasel of the genus Mustela",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ffwlbart"
    }
  ],
  "word": "polecat"
}

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