"furet" meaning in French

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Noun

IPA: /fy.ʁɛ/ Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-Lepticed7-furet.wav Forms: furets [plural]
Etymology: From Old French furet, furret, from Vulgar Latin *fūrittus (literally “little thief”) (compare Italian furetto), diminutive of Latin fūr (“thief”). See also Old French fuiron (“weasel, ferret”), from Vulgar Latin *fūriō, fūriōnem, from Late Latin fūrō (“cat; robber”) (compare Spanish hurón), diminutive of Latin fūr (“thief”). Etymology templates: {{der|fr|fro|furet}} Old French furet, {{m|fro|furret}} furret, {{der|fr|VL.|*fūrittus|lit=little thief}} Vulgar Latin *fūrittus (literally “little thief”), {{cog|it|furetto}} Italian furetto, {{der|fr|la|fūr|t=thief}} Latin fūr (“thief”), {{cog|fro|fuiron|t=weasel, ferret}} Old French fuiron (“weasel, ferret”), {{m|la|*fūriō|*fūriō, fūriōnem}} *fūriō, fūriōnem, {{cog|LL.|fūrō|t=cat; robber}} Late Latin fūrō (“cat; robber”), {{cog|es|hurón}} Spanish hurón, {{cog|la|fūr|t=thief}} Latin fūr (“thief”) Head templates: {{fr-noun|m}} furet m (plural furets)
  1. ferret Tags: masculine Categories (lifeform): Mustelids Derived forms: fureter
    Sense id: en-furet-fr-noun-bVlPTMoN Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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