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Image:Ilder.jpg|thumb|Ferrets (Mustela putorius)
Etymology
From OF. fuiret (modern furet) < LL. furo �thief, ferret�, diminutive of L. fur#Latin|fur �thief�.
Pronunciation
enPR|f�r'�t, IPA|/�f�rɪt/, SAMPA|/"fer@t/
:rhymes|�rɪt
Noun
en-noun
- A mammal, Mustela putorius furo, rather like a weasel, but which was originally bred from the polecat and often trained to hunt rats or rabbits in England.
Translations
trans-top|the mammal Mustela putorius furo
Albanian: qelbësi
Basque: hudo
Belarusian: ��о� а���кан�к�
Bosnian: lasica f
Breton: fured
Bulgarian: по� (por)
Catalan: furó, fura
Croatian: tvor
Czech: fretka
Danish: fritte c
Dutch: fret m
Esperanto: furo
Estonian: tuhkur, t�hk
Finnish: fretti
French: furet m
Frisian: fret
Friulian: pudîs blanc
Galician: furón
German: Frettchen n
Greek: κο�νάβι n, ν��ί��α f
Hungarian: vadászgörény
Irish: cat coille, toghán
Italian: furetto m
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Japanese: ����� (feretto)
Latvian: okšķeris
Lithuanian: fredka
Macedonian: ла�и�а
Maltese: nemes
Norwegian: frett
Occitan: fura
Polish: fretka
Portuguese: fur�o m
Romanian: nev�stuic�
Romansh: furet
Russian: �о��к а��икан�кий (horjok afrikanskij)
Sami: albino�áhppesbuoidda, ferrehtta
Sardinian: furittu, fughittu
Scots: futret (Doric dilect)
Scottish Gaelic: fearaid
Serbian: vretna f
Slovak: Fretka tchorovitá
Slovenian: beli dihur m
Spanish: hurón m
Swedish: tamiller
Turkish: yaban, da� gelinci�i
Ukrainian: ��i� а��икан�кий (thir afrikanskij)
Upper Sorbian: �asy�ka
Welsh: ffured
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Verb
en-verb
- To hunt game with ferrets.
- To uncover and bring to light by searching; usually to ferret out.
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