vermine

Etymology

From Old French vermine, from verm + -ine, or possibly a Vulgar Latin *verminum, from Latin vermis (“worm”).

Noun

vermine f (uncountable)

1. vermin (destructive creatures)
2. vermin (a contemptible person)

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• Minerve

Verb

vermine

1. First-person singular present of verminen.
2. First-person singular subjunctive I of verminen.
3. Third-person singular subjunctive I of verminen.
4. Imperative singular of verminen.

Etymology

From verm + -ine, or possibly a Vulgar Latin *verminum, from Latin vermis (“worm”).

Noun

vermine f (oblique plural vermines, nominative singular vermine, nominative plural vermines)

1. vermin (any disliked creatures)