furet

Etymology

From Old French furet, furret, from Vulgar Latin *fūrittus (“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”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fy.ʁɛ/

Noun

furet m (plural furets)

1. ferret

Further reading

• “furet” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Verb

furet

1. third-person singular future active indicative of furō

Alternative forms

• firet
• furret

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *fūrittus (“little thief”) (compare Italian furetto), diminutive of Latin fūr (“thief”). See also fuiron (“weasel, ferret”), from Vulgar Latin *fūriō, fūriōnem, from Late Latin fūrō (“cat; robber”) (compare Spanish hurón), diminutive of Latin fūr (“thief”).

Noun

furet m (oblique plural furez or furetz, nominative singular furez or furetz, nominative plural furet)

1. ferret

References

• firet on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub