wikipedia|dab=weasel (disambiguation)|weasel
English
Etymology
The word weasel is the direct descendant of OE. wesule, wesle, weosule, a weak feminine noun that has cognates in other Germanic languages (Dutch wezel, German Wiesel), but has no known cognates in other Indo-European languages.
Pronunciation
IPA|/'wi�z�l/
audio|en-us-weasel.ogg|Audio (US)
Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-i�z�l|-i�z�l
Noun
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- The least weasel, (Mustela nivalis)
- Any of the carnivorous mammals of the genus Mustela, having a slender body, a long tail and usually a light brown upper coat and light-coloured belly.
- The taxonomic family Mustelidae is also called the weasel family.
Translations
trans-top|Mustela nivalis
Czech: t-|cs|lasice|f
Danish: t+|da|brud|c
Dutch: t+|nl|wezel|f
Estonian: nirk
Finnish: t+|fi|lumikko
Greek: t|el|νÏ�Ï�ίÏ�Ï�α|f|s|sc=Grek (nifÃtsa)
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Japanese: 鼬 (���, itachi)
Polish: �asica f
Russian: ла�ка (láska) f
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trans-top|any mammal of the genus Mustela
Japanese: ���� (itachi-zoku)
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trans-top|any mammal of the family Mustelidae
Finnish: t-|fi|näätäeläin
Japanese: ���� (itachi-ka)
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ttbc|Albanian: nuse e lalës
ttbc|Basque: erbinude
ttbc|Belarusian: ла�ка
ttbc|Bosnian: lasica f
ttbc|Breton: kaerell
ttbc|Bulgarian: неве���лка (nevestulka)
ttbc|Catalan: mostela f
ttbc|Chinese: é»�é¼ ç�¼
ttbc|Croatian: lasica
ttbc|Esperanto: mustelo
ttbc|French: belette f
ttbc|Frisian: wezeling
ttbc|Friulian: bilite
ttbc|Galician: donicela, denociña
ttbc|German: Wiesel n
ttbc|Hungarian: menyét
ttbc|Icelandic: hreysiköttur, vesla
ttbc|Indonesian: luwak
ttbc|Irish: bláthnaid ghallda
ttbc|Italian: donnola f
ttbc|Korean: 족ì �ë¹� (jokjebi)
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ttbc|Ladin: belora
ttbc|Latin: mustela#Latin|mustela
ttbc|Latvian: zebiekste
ttbc|Lithuanian: žebenkštis
ttbc|Lower Sorbian: �asyca, �asycka
ttbc|Macedonian: ла�и�а f
ttbc|Maltese: ballottra
ttbc|Norwegian: snømus, vesel
ttbc|Occitan: mostèla, polida
ttbc|Portuguese: doninha
ttbc|Romanian: nev�stuic� f
ttbc|Romansh: mustaila
ttbc|Romany: boriori f
ttbc|Sami: nirpi
ttbc|Sardinian: bucca de mele, bucchemeli
ttbc|Scottish Gaelic: neas bheag
ttbc|Serbian: ла�и�а (lasica)
ttbc|Slovak: lasica
ttbc|Slovenian: podlasica f
ttbc|Spanish: comadreja f, mostela f
ttbc|Swedish: vessla
ttbc|Turkish: gelincik
ttbc|Ukrainian: ла�и�� (lasicja)
ttbc|Upper Sorbian: kohlica
ttbc|Welsh: bronwen, gwenci
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Verb
to weasel (present participle weaselling (UK), weaseling (US), past tense and past participle weaselled (UK), weaseled (US))
- To benefit by clever or devious means, esp. to escape a commitment (from the supposed cunningness of the weasel).
:To weasel out of doing something
:To weasel something out of somebody
Translations
trans-top|to weasel out of doing something
Finnish: lusmuilla, kiemurrella
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Polish: wykr�ci� si�
Russian: Ñ�виливаÑ�Ñ� (uvÃlivat') impf, Ñ�вилÑ�нÑ�Ñ�Ñ� (uvil'nút') pf
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trans-top|to weasel something out of somebody
Finnish: huiputtaa, kieroilla
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Derived terms
weasel words
See also
ferret
mink
polecat
stoat
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