"ferret" meaning in All languages combined

See ferret on Wiktionary

Noun [Anglais]

IPA: \ˈfɛɹɪt\, \ˈfɛɹɪt\, ˈfɛɹɛt, \ˈfeɹɪt\ Audio: En-us-ferret.ogg Forms: ferrets [plural]
  1. Furet.
    Sense id: fr-ferret-en-noun-4g6j3SLp Categories (other): Mammifères en anglais Topics: mammalogy
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated

Noun [Français]

IPA: \fɛ.ʁɛ\, fɛ.ʁɛ Audio: Fr-Paris--ferrais.ogg , LL-Q150 (fra)-LoquaxFR-ferret.wav Forms: ferrets [plural]
  1. Enveloppe de métal qui termine un lacet ou une aiguillette.
    Sense id: fr-ferret-fr-noun-Ge6trQiz Categories (other): Exemples en français, Lexique en français de l’habillement Topics: clothing
  2. Broche ornée de pierres précieuses qui termine un lacet ou une aiguillette. Tags: metonymically
    Sense id: fr-ferret-fr-noun-5SXTTAAE Categories (other): Exemples en français, Métonymies en français
  3. Enveloppe de métal qui sert à protéger la mèche lors de la fabrication des bougies.
    Sense id: fr-ferret-fr-noun-M4Pdqrm9
  4. Variante orthographique de féret. Tags: alt-of Alternative form of: féret
    Sense id: fr-ferret-fr-noun-6oGPZllz Categories (other): Minéraux en français Topics: mineralogy
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations: aglet (Anglais), tago (Ido)

Noun [Occitan]

  1. Briquet.
    Sense id: fr-ferret-oc-noun-GKF0~qxA
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated

Inflected forms

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    {
      "word": "Ferret"
    },
    {
      "word": "fréter"
    },
    {
      "word": "frêter"
    }
  ],
  "categories": [
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    },
    {
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    },
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    }
  ],
  "etymology_texts": [
    "(XIVᵉ siècle)Dérivé de fer, avec le suffixe -et."
  ],
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    {
      "form": "ferrets",
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        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Français",
  "lang_code": "fr",
  "pos": "noun",
  "pos_title": "Nom commun",
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              3,
              9
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          ],
          "text": "Un ferret d’aiguillette."
        }
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      ],
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          ],
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          "text": "Seulement si la reine a les ferrets, ce dont je doute, comptez-les, sire, et si vous n’en trouvez que dix, demandez à Sa Majesté qui peut lui avoir dérobé les deux ferrets que voici."
        }
      ],
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        "Broche ornée de pierres précieuses qui termine un lacet ou une aiguillette."
      ],
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          "ref": "Henri Louis Duhamel du Monceau, Art du cirier, 1762",
          "text": "C’est ordinairement une femme qui est chargée de mettre les mèches en ferret […]"
        }
      ],
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        "Enveloppe de métal qui sert à protéger la mèche lors de la fabrication des bougies."
      ],
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    },
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        {
          "word": "féret"
        }
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          "name": "Minéraux en français",
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      ],
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      "tags": [
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      ],
      "topics": [
        "mineralogy"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
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      "ipa": "\\fɛ.ʁɛ\\"
    },
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      "audio": "Fr-Paris--ferrais.ogg",
      "ipa": "fɛ.ʁɛ",
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      "raw_tags": [
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    },
    {
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      "lang": "Anglais",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "word": "aglet"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Ido",
      "lang_code": "io",
      "word": "tago"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ferret"
}

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    },
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      ],
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        "Furet."
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      ]
    }
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  "sounds": [
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      "ipa": "\\ˈfɛɹɪt\\"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "\\ˈfɛɹɪt\\",
      "raw_tags": [
        "(Royaume-Uni)",
        "(États-Unis)",
        "(Canada)"
      ]
    },
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    },
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      "ipa": "\\ˈfeɹɪt\\",
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        "(Australie)"
      ]
    }
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}

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        "Briquet."
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    }
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  ],
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        "\\ˈfɛɹɪts\\"
      ],
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        "Furet."
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        "(Royaume-Uni)",
        "(États-Unis)",
        "(Canada)"
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    {
      "word": "Ferret"
    },
    {
      "word": "fréter"
    },
    {
      "word": "frêter"
    }
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    "Mots en français suffixés avec -et",
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    "Traductions en anglais",
    "Traductions en ido",
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    "(XIVᵉ siècle)Dérivé de fer, avec le suffixe -et."
  ],
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        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Français",
  "lang_code": "fr",
  "pos": "noun",
  "pos_title": "Nom commun",
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        "Exemples en français",
        "Lexique en français de l’habillement"
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            [
              3,
              9
            ]
          ],
          "text": "Un ferret d’aiguillette."
        }
      ],
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        "Enveloppe de métal qui termine un lacet ou une aiguillette."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "clothing"
      ]
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              28,
              35
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            [
              164,
              171
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          ],
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          "text": "Seulement si la reine a les ferrets, ce dont je doute, comptez-les, sire, et si vous n’en trouvez que dix, demandez à Sa Majesté qui peut lui avoir dérobé les deux ferrets que voici."
        }
      ],
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        "Broche ornée de pierres précieuses qui termine un lacet ou une aiguillette."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "metonymically"
      ]
    },
    {
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        {
          "ref": "Henri Louis Duhamel du Monceau, Art du cirier, 1762",
          "text": "C’est ordinairement une femme qui est chargée de mettre les mèches en ferret […]"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Enveloppe de métal qui sert à protéger la mèche lors de la fabrication des bougies."
      ]
    },
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        {
          "word": "féret"
        }
      ],
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        "Minéraux en français"
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        "Variante orthographique de féret."
      ],
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "topics": [
        "mineralogy"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "ipa": "\\fɛ.ʁɛ\\"
    },
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      "lang": "Anglais",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "word": "aglet"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Ido",
      "lang_code": "io",
      "word": "tago"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ferret"
}

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    "occitan"
  ],
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  "lang_code": "oc",
  "pos": "noun",
  "pos_title": "Nom commun",
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    "graphie normalisée"
  ],
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      "glosses": [
        "Briquet."
      ]
    }
  ],
  "tags": [
    "masculine"
  ],
  "word": "ferret"
}

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