belette

Dutch

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Verb

belette

singular past indicative and subjunctive of beletten
(archaic) singular present subjunctive of beletten

French

belette

Etymology

From Franco-Provençal belete, diminutive from Gaulish *bela (compare Welsh bele (“marten”)), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- (compare Latin fēlēs (“wildcat; marten”)).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /bə.lɛt/
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Noun

belette f (plural belettes)

weasel (specifically, the least weasel)

Descendants

→ Corsican: bellula, beddula (calque)

Further reading

“belette”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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