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id="mw-toc-heading">Contents</h2><label class="toctogglelabel" for="toctogglecheckbox"></label></div> <ul> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-1"><a href="#English">1 English</a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-2"><a href="#Etymology">1.1 Etymology</a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-3"><a href="#Pronunciation">1.2 Pronunciation</a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-4"><a href="#Noun">1.3 Noun</a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-5"><a href="#Synonyms">1.3.1 Synonyms</a></li> <li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-6"><a href="#Derived_terms">1.3.2 Derived terms</a></li> <li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-7"><a href="#Related_terms">1.3.3 Related terms</a></li> <li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-8"><a href="#Translations">1.3.4 Translations</a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-9"><a href="#Adjective">1.4 Adjective</a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-10"><a href="#Translations_2">1.4.1 Translations</a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-11"><a href="#Verb">1.5 Verb</a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-12"><a href="#Anagrams">1.6 Anagrams</a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-13"><a href="#Middle_English">2 Middle English</a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-14"><a href="#Noun_2">2.1 Noun</a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-15"><a href="#Old_French">3 Old French</a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-16"><a href="#Alternative_forms">3.1 Alternative forms</a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-17"><a href="#Etymology_2">3.2 Etymology</a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-18"><a href="#Noun_3">3.3 Noun</a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-19"><a href="#Descendants">3.3.1 Descendants</a></li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="English">English</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=ermine&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: English">edit</a>]</div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Veasel.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Veasel.jpg/220px-Veasel.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="170" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Veasel.jpg/330px-Veasel.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Veasel.jpg/440px-Veasel.jpg 2x" data-file-width="925" data-file-height="714" /></a><figcaption>Ermine, <a href="/wiki/Mustela_erminea#Translingual" title="Mustela erminea">Mustela erminea</a></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Coa_Illustration_Ermine_spots.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/Coa_Illustration_Ermine_spots.svg/220px-Coa_Illustration_Ermine_spots.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="136" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/Coa_Illustration_Ermine_spots.svg/330px-Coa_Illustration_Ermine_spots.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/Coa_Illustration_Ermine_spots.svg/440px-Coa_Illustration_Ermine_spots.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="810" data-file-height="500" /></a><figcaption>Various ways of representing ermine in heraldry.</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Etymology">Etymology</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=ermine&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Etymology">edit</a>]</div> From <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_English" class="extiw" title="w:Middle English">Middle English</a> <a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#Middle_English">ermine</a>, <a href="/wiki/ermin#Middle_English" title="ermin">ermin</a>, <a href="/wiki/ermyn#Middle_English" title="ermyn">ermyn</a>, from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_French" class="extiw" title="w:Old French">Old French</a> <a href="/wiki/ermin#Old_French" title="ermin">ermin</a>, <a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#Old_French">ermine</a>, <a href="/wiki/hermine#Old_French" title="hermine">hermine</a>. There are two main theories for the origin of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_French" class="extiw" title="w:Old French">Old French</a> <a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#Old_French">ermine</a>. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germanic_languages" class="extiw" title="w:Germanic languages">Germanic</a> origin is suggested via <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Dutch" class="extiw" title="w:Old Dutch">Old Dutch</a> <a href="/w/index.php?title=Reconstruction:Old_Dutch/harmino&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Reconstruction:Old Dutch/harmino (page does not exist)">*harmino</a> (“stoat skin”), from <a href="/wiki/Reconstruction:Old_Dutch/harmo" title="Reconstruction:Old Dutch/harmo">*harmo</a> (“stoat, weasel”) (compare <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dutch_language" class="extiw" title="w:Dutch language">Dutch</a> <a href="/wiki/hermelijn#Dutch" title="hermelijn">hermelijn</a> and dialectal <a href="/wiki/herm#Dutch" title="herm">herm</a>), from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proto-Germanic_language" class="extiw" title="w:Proto-Germanic language">Proto-Germanic</a> <a href="/w/index.php?title=Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/harm%C7%AD&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/harmǭ (page does not exist)">*harmǭ</a>, <a href="/wiki/Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/harm%C3%B4" title="Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/harmô">*harmô</a> (compare <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_English" class="extiw" title="w:Old English">Old English</a> <a href="/wiki/hearma#Old_English" title="hearma">hearma</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_High_German" class="extiw" title="w:Old High German">Old High German</a> <a href="/wiki/harmo#Old_High_German" title="harmo">harmo</a> (<a href="/wiki/harmin#Old_High_German" title="harmin">harmin</a> (adjective), obsolete <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_language" class="extiw" title="w:German language">German</a> <a href="/wiki/Harm#German" title="Harm">Harm</a>), from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proto-Indo-European_language" class="extiw" title="w:Proto-Indo-European language">Proto-Indo-European</a> <a href="/w/index.php?title=Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/%E1%B8%B1orm%C5%8D&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/ḱormō (page does not exist)">*ḱormō</a> (compare <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romansh_language" class="extiw" title="w:Romansh language">Romansch</a> <a href="/w/index.php?title=carmun&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="carmun (page does not exist)">carmun</a>, obsolete <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lithuanian_language" class="extiw" title="w:Lithuanian language">Lithuanian</a> <a href="/w/index.php?title=%C5%A1armuo&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="šarmuo (page does not exist)">šarmuõ</a>). Romance sources identify the animal with the corresponding word for <a href="/wiki/Armenian" title="Armenian">Armenian</a>, possibly from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medieval_Latin" class="extiw" title="w:Medieval Latin">Medieval Latin</a> <a href="/wiki/mus#Latin" title="mus">mūs</a> <a href="/w/index.php?title=Armenius&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Armenius (page does not exist)">Armenius</a> (“Armenian mouse”) or a posterior compound. <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Pronunciation">Pronunciation</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=ermine&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Pronunciation">edit</a>]</div> <ul><li>(<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Received_Pronunciation" class="extiw" title="w:Received Pronunciation">Received Pronunciation</a>) <a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:International_Phonetic_Alphabet" title="Wiktionary:International Phonetic Alphabet">IPA</a>(<a href="/wiki/Appendix:English_pronunciation" title="Appendix:English pronunciation">key</a>): /ˈɜːmɪn/ <ul><li><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r50165410">.mw-parser-output .k-player .k-attribution{visibility:hidden}</style><table class="audiotable" style="vertical-align: middle; display: inline-block; list-style: none; line-height: 1em; border-collapse: collapse; margin: 0;"><tbody><tr><td>Audio (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_in_southern_England" class="extiw" title="w:English in southern England">Southern England</a>):</td><td class="audiofile"><audio id="mwe_player_0" controls="" preload="none" data-mw-tmh="" class="mw-file-element" width="175" style="width:175px;" data-durationhint="1" data-mwtitle="LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-ermine.wav" data-mwprovider="wikimediacommons"><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/d/d1/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-ermine.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-ermine.wav.ogg" type="audio/ogg; codecs="vorbis"" data-transcodekey="ogg" data-width="0" data-height="0" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/d/d1/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-ermine.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-ermine.wav.mp3" type="audio/mpeg" data-transcodekey="mp3" data-width="0" data-height="0" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d1/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-ermine.wav" type="audio/wav" data-width="0" data-height="0" /></audio></td><td class="audiometa" style="font-size: 80%;">(<a href="/wiki/File:LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-ermine.wav" title="File:LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-ermine.wav">file</a>)</td></tr></tbody></table></li></ul></li> <li>(<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_American_English" class="extiw" title="w:General American English">General American</a>) <a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:International_Phonetic_Alphabet" title="Wiktionary:International Phonetic Alphabet">IPA</a>(<a href="/wiki/Appendix:English_pronunciation" title="Appendix:English pronunciation">key</a>): /ˈɝmɪn/</li> <li>Rhymes: <a href="/wiki/Rhymes:English/%C9%9C%CB%90(%C9%B9)m%C9%AAn" title="Rhymes:English/ɜː(ɹ)mɪn">-ɜː(ɹ)mɪn</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Noun">Noun</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=ermine&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Noun">edit</a>]</div> <div class="interproject-box sister-wikipedia sister-project noprint floatright"><div style="float: left;"><figure class="mw-halign-none" typeof="mw:File"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Wikipedia-logo-v2.svg/44px-Wikipedia-logo-v2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="44" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Wikipedia-logo-v2.svg/66px-Wikipedia-logo-v2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Wikipedia-logo-v2.svg/88px-Wikipedia-logo-v2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="103" data-file-height="94" /><figcaption></figcaption></figure></div><div style="margin-left: 60px;">English <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia" title="Wikipedia">Wikipedia</a> has an article on:<div style="margin-left: 10px;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ermine" class="extiw" title="w:ermine">ermine</a></div></div><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ermine" class="extiw" title="w:ermine">Wikipedia </a></div><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r81571951">.mw-parser-output .interproject-box{font-size:90%;width:250px;padding:4px;text-align:left;background:var(--wikt-palette-paleblue,#f9f9f9);border:var(--border-color-base,#aaa)1px solid}@media screen and (max-width:719px){.mw-parser-output .interproject-box{box-sizing:border-box;line-height:1.5;width:100%;max-width:100%}}</style> ermine (<a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#countable" title="Appendix:Glossary">countable</a> and <a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#uncountable" title="Appendix:Glossary">uncountable</a>, plural <a href="/wiki/ermines#English" title="ermines">ermines</a> or ermine) <ol><li>A <a href="/wiki/weasel" title="weasel">weasel</a> found in northern latitudes (<a href="/wiki/Mustela_erminea#Translingual" title="Mustela erminea">Mustela erminea</a> in <a href="/wiki/Eurasia" title="Eurasia">Eurasia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Alaska" title="Alaska">Alaska</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/Arctic" title="Arctic">Arctic</a>, <a href="https://species.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mustela_haidarum" class="extiw" title="wikispecies:Mustela haidarum">Mustela haidarum</a> in <a href="/wiki/Haida_Gwaii" title="Haida Gwaii">Haida Gwaii</a>, <a href="https://species.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mustela_richardsonii" class="extiw" title="wikispecies:Mustela richardsonii">Mustela richardsonii</a> in the rest of <a href="/wiki/North_America" title="North America">North America</a>); its dark brown fur turns white in winter, apart from the black tip of the tail.</li> <li>The white <a href="/wiki/fur" title="fur">fur</a> of this animal, traditionally seen as a <a href="/wiki/symbol" title="symbol">symbol</a> of <a href="/wiki/purity" title="purity">purity</a> and used for judges' robes.</li> <li>(by extension, <a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#figurative" title="Appendix:Glossary">figuratively</a>) The <a href="/wiki/office" title="office">office</a> of a <a href="/wiki/judge" title="judge">judge</a>.</li> <li>(<a href="/wiki/heraldry" title="heraldry">heraldry</a>) The fur of this animal, used as a heraldic tincture: a white <a href="/wiki/field" title="field">field</a> with a repeating pattern of stylized black spots.</li> <li>Any of various moths, especially in the family <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yponomeutidae" class="extiw" title="w:Yponomeutidae">Yponomeutidae</a></li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Synonyms">Synonyms</h4>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=ermine&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Synonyms">edit</a>]</div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/stoat#English" title="stoat">stoat</a> (British)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/short-tailed_weasel#English" title="short-tailed weasel">short-tailed weasel</a> (American)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Derived_terms">Derived terms</h4>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=ermine&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Derived terms">edit</a>]</div> <div class="list-switcher" data-toggle-category="derived terms"><div class="columns-bg term-list ul-column-count" data-column-count="2"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/bird-cherry_ermine#English" title="bird-cherry ermine">bird-cherry ermine</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/counter-ermine#English" title="counter-ermine">counter-ermine</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/ermine_moth#English" title="ermine moth">ermine moth</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/raise_to_the_ermine#English" title="raise to the ermine">raise to the ermine</a></li></ul></div><div class="list-switcher-element" data-showtext=" show more ▼ " data-hidetext=" show less ▲ " style="display:none"> </div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Related_terms">Related terms</h4>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=ermine&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Related terms">edit</a>]</div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/erminee" title="erminee">erminee</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Translations">Translations</h4>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=ermine&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Translations">edit</a>]</div> <div class="NavFrame" id="Translations-Mustela_erminea,_M._richardsonii,_M._haidarum"><div class="NavHead" style="text-align:left">Mustela erminea, M. richardsonii, M. haidarum</div><div class="NavContent"><table class="translations" role="presentation" data-gloss="''Mustela erminea'', ''M. richardsonii'', ''M. haidarum''"><tbody><tr><td class="translations-cell multicolumn-list" colspan="3"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r81584270">.mw-parser-output .translations{width:100%}.mw-parser-output .translations-cell{background-color:var(--wikt-palette-lightyellow,#FFFFe0);vertical-align:top;text-align:left}</style> <ul><li>Albanian: <a href="/w/index.php?title=ermelina&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="ermelina (page does not exist)">ermelina</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=nuselal%C3%AB_e_bor%C3%ABs&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="nuselalë e borës (page does not exist)">nuselalë e borës</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=nuselal%C3%AB_bishtzez%C3%AB&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="nuselalë bishtzezë (page does not exist)">nuselalë bishtzezë</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></li> <li>Arabic: <a href="/wiki/%D9%82%D8%A7%D9%82%D9%85#Arabic" title="قاقم">قَاقِم</a> <abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr> (qāqim)</li> <li>Armenian: <a href="/wiki/%D5%AF%D5%B6%D5%A3%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%B4#Armenian" title="կնգում">կնգում</a> <a href="https://hy.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D5%AF%D5%B6%D5%A3%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%B4" class="extiw" title="hy:կնգում">(hy)</a> (kngum), <a href="/wiki/%D5%BD%D5%BA%D5%AB%D5%BF%D5%A1%D5%AF_%D5%A1%D6%84%D5%AB%D5%BD#Armenian" title="սպիտակ աքիս">սպիտակ աքիս</a> (spitak akʻis), <a href="/wiki/%D5%A1%D5%AD%D5%A1%D5%A6#Armenian" title="ախազ">ախազ</a> <a href="https://hy.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D5%A1%D5%AD%D5%A1%D5%A6" class="extiw" title="hy:ախազ">(hy)</a> (axaz)</li> <li>Asturian: <a href="/w/index.php?title=mustadiella_blanca&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="mustadiella blanca (page does not exist)">mustadiella blanca</a> <a href="https://ast.wiktionary.org/wiki/mustadiella_blanca" class="extiw" title="ast:mustadiella blanca">(ast)</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=papalbina&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="papalbina (page does not exist)">papalbina</a> <a href="https://ast.wiktionary.org/wiki/papalbina" class="extiw" title="ast:papalbina">(ast)</a></li> <li>Azerbaijani: <a href="/w/index.php?title=qaqum&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="qaqum (page does not exist)">qaqum</a></li> <li>Bashkir: <a href="/w/index.php?title=%D0%B0%D2%AB&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="аҫ (page does not exist)">аҫ</a> (aś)</li> <li>Basque: <a href="/w/index.php?title=erbinude_zuri&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="erbinude zuri (page does not exist)">erbinude zuri</a></li> <li>Belarusian: <a href="/wiki/%D0%B3%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%B9#Belarusian" title="гарнастай">гарнаста́й</a> <abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr> (harnastáj)</li> <li>Breton: <a href="/w/index.php?title=erminig&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="erminig (page does not exist)">erminig</a> <a href="https://br.wiktionary.org/wiki/erminig" class="extiw" title="br:erminig">(br)</a> <abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></li> <li>Bulgarian: <a href="/w/index.php?title=%D1%85%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BC%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%BD&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="хермелин (page does not exist)">хермелин</a> <abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr> (hermelin)</li> <li>Catalan: <a href="/wiki/ermini#Catalan" title="ermini">ermini</a> <a href="https://ca.wiktionary.org/wiki/ermini" class="extiw" title="ca:ermini">(ca)</a> <abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></li> <li>Chinese: <dl><dd>Mandarin: <a href="/wiki/%E7%99%BD%E9%BC%AC#Mandarin" title="白鼬">白鼬</a> <a href="https://zh.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E7%99%BD%E9%BC%AC" class="extiw" title="zh:白鼬">(zh)</a> (báiyòu)</dd></dl></li> <li>Chukchi: <a href="/w/index.php?title=%D1%8D%D0%BC%D1%87%D1%8C%D0%B0%D1%87%D0%BE%D0%BA%D0%B0%D4%93%D0%B3%D1%8B%D0%BD&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="эмчьачокаԓгын (page does not exist)">эмчьачокаԓгын</a> (ėmčʹačokaḷgyn)</li> <li>Czech: <a href="/wiki/hranostaj#Czech" title="hranostaj">hranostaj</a> <abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></li> <li>Danish: <a href="/wiki/hermelin#Danish" title="hermelin">hermelin</a> <a href="https://da.wiktionary.org/wiki/hermelin" class="extiw" title="da:hermelin">(da)</a> <abbr title="common gender">c</abbr>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=l%C3%A6kat&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="lækat (page does not exist)">lækat</a> <a href="https://da.wiktionary.org/wiki/l%C3%A6kat" class="extiw" title="da:lækat">(da)</a> <abbr title="common gender">c</abbr></li> <li>Dutch: <a href="/wiki/hermelijn#Dutch" title="hermelijn">hermelijn</a> <a href="https://nl.wiktionary.org/wiki/hermelijn" class="extiw" title="nl:hermelijn">(nl)</a> <abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></li> <li>Esperanto: <a href="/w/index.php?title=ermeno&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="ermeno (page does not exist)">ermeno</a></li> <li>Estonian: <a href="/wiki/k%C3%A4rp#Estonian" title="kärp">kärp</a> <a href="https://et.wiktionary.org/wiki/k%C3%A4rp" class="extiw" title="et:kärp">(et)</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=lahits&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="lahits (page does not exist)">lahits</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=hermeliin&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="hermeliin (page does not exist)">hermeliin</a></li> <li>Faroese: <a href="/w/index.php?title=roysik%C3%B8ttur&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="roysikøttur (page does not exist)">roysikøttur</a> <abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></li> <li>Finnish: <a href="/wiki/k%C3%A4rpp%C3%A4#Finnish" title="kärppä">kärppä</a> <a href="https://fi.wiktionary.org/wiki/k%C3%A4rpp%C3%A4" class="extiw" title="fi:kärppä">(fi)</a></li> <li>French: <a href="/wiki/hermine#French" title="hermine">hermine</a> <a href="https://fr.wiktionary.org/wiki/hermine" class="extiw" title="fr:hermine">(fr)</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></li> <li>Friulian: <a href="/wiki/armelin#Friulian" title="armelin">armelin</a></li> <li>Galician: <a href="/wiki/armi%C3%B1o#Galician" title="armiño">armiño</a> <abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></li> <li>Georgian: <a href="/wiki/%E1%83%A7%E1%83%90%E1%83%A0%E1%83%A7%E1%83%A3%E1%83%9B%E1%83%98#Georgian" title="ყარყუმი">ყარყუმი</a> (q̇arq̇umi)</li> <li>German: <a href="/wiki/Hermelin#German" title="Hermelin">Hermelin</a> <a href="https://de.wiktionary.org/wiki/Hermelin" class="extiw" title="de:Hermelin">(de)</a> <abbr title="neuter gender">n</abbr></li> <li>Greek: <a href="/wiki/%CE%B5%CF%81%CE%BC%CE%AF%CE%BD%CE%B1#Greek" title="ερμίνα">ερμίνα</a> <a href="https://el.wiktionary.org/wiki/%CE%B5%CF%81%CE%BC%CE%AF%CE%BD%CE%B1" class="extiw" title="el:ερμίνα">(el)</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr> (ermína)</li> <li>Greenlandic: <a href="/w/index.php?title=ukaliatsiaq&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="ukaliatsiaq (page does not exist)">ukaliatsiaq</a></li> <li>Hungarian: <a href="/wiki/hermelin#Hungarian" title="hermelin">hermelin</a> <a href="https://hu.wiktionary.org/wiki/hermelin" class="extiw" title="hu:hermelin">(hu)</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=h%C3%B6lgymeny%C3%A9t&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="hölgymenyét (page does not exist)">hölgymenyét</a> <a href="https://hu.wiktionary.org/wiki/h%C3%B6lgymeny%C3%A9t" class="extiw" title="hu:hölgymenyét">(hu)</a></li> <li>Icelandic: <a href="/wiki/hreysik%C3%B6ttur#Icelandic" title="hreysiköttur">hreysiköttur</a> <a href="https://is.wiktionary.org/wiki/hreysik%C3%B6ttur" class="extiw" title="is:hreysiköttur">(is)</a> <abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></li> <li>Interlingua: <a href="/wiki/armenio#Interlingua" title="armenio">armenio</a></li> <li>Irish: <a href="/wiki/eas%C3%B3g#Irish" title="easóg">easóg</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr>, <a href="/wiki/cail%C3%ADn_b%C3%A1n#Irish" title="cailín bán">cailín bán</a> <abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr>, <a href="/wiki/bl%C3%A1thnaid#Irish" title="bláthnaid">bláthnaid</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr> (female)</li> <li>Italian: <a href="/wiki/ermellino#Italian" title="ermellino">ermellino</a> <a href="https://it.wiktionary.org/wiki/ermellino" class="extiw" title="it:ermellino">(it)</a> <abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></li> <li>Japanese: <a href="/wiki/%E3%81%8A%E3%81%93%E3%81%98%E3%82%87#Japanese" title="おこじょ">おこじょ</a> <a href="https://ja.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E3%81%8A%E3%81%93%E3%81%98%E3%82%87" class="extiw" title="ja:おこじょ">(ja)</a> (okojo)</li> <li>Kazakh: <a href="/wiki/%D0%B0%D2%9B%D0%BA%D1%96%D1%81#Kazakh" title="ақкіс">ақкіс</a> (aqkıs)</li> <li>Kipchak: <a href="/wiki/%D5%A1%D5%AD_%D5%A1%D5%BD#Kipchak" title="ախ աս">ախ աս</a> (ax as)</li> <li>Komi-Permyak: <a href="/wiki/%D1%87%D1%83%D0%B6%D0%BC%D3%A7%D1%80#Komi-Permyak" title="чужмӧр">чужмӧр</a> (ćužmör)</li> <li>Komi-Yazva: <a href="/wiki/%D1%87%D1%83%D0%B6%D0%BC%D3%A9%D1%80#Komi-Yazva" title="чужмөр">чужмөр</a> (ćužmår)</li> <li>Komi-Zyrian: <a href="/wiki/%D1%81%D1%8C%D3%A7%D0%B4%D0%B1%D3%A7%D0%B6#Komi-Zyrian" title="сьӧдбӧж">сьӧдбӧж</a> (śödböž), <a href="/wiki/%D1%87%D1%83%D0%B6%D0%BC%D3%A7%D1%80#Komi-Zyrian" title="чужмӧр">чужмӧр</a> (ćužmör)</li> <li>Korean: <a href="/w/index.php?title=%EB%B6%81%EB%B0%A9%EC%A1%B1%EC%A0%9C%EB%B9%84&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="북방족제비 (page does not exist)">북방족제비</a> (bukbangjokjebi)</li> <li>Kurdish: <dl><dd>Central Kurdish: <a href="/wiki/%D9%82%D8%A7%D9%82%D9%85#Central_Kurdish" title="قاقم">قاقِم</a> (qaqim), <a href="/wiki/%D9%82%D8%A7%D9%82%D9%88%D9%85#Central_Kurdish" title="قاقوم">قاقوم</a> (qaqum)</dd> <dd>Northern Kurdish: <a href="/wiki/fisos#Northern_Kurdish" title="fisos">fisos</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=ququme&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="ququme (page does not exist)">ququme</a></dd></dl></li> <li>Ladin: <a href="/wiki/armelin#Ladin" title="armelin">armelin</a> <abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></li> <li>Latin: <a href="/wiki/Mustela_erminea#Latin" title="Mustela erminea">Mustela erminea</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></li> <li>Latvian: <a href="/wiki/sermulis#Latvian" title="sermulis">sermulis</a> <abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></li> <li>Lithuanian: <a href="/wiki/%C5%A1ermuon%C4%97lis#Lithuanian" title="šermuonėlis">šermuonėlis</a> <abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></li> <li>Macedonian: <a href="/w/index.php?title=%D1%85%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BC%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%BD&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="хермелин (page does not exist)">хермели́н</a> <abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr> (hermelín), <a href="/w/index.php?title=%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BC%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%BD&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="ермелин (page does not exist)">ермели́н</a> <abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr> (ermelín)</li> <li>Maltese: <a href="/w/index.php?title=ermellin&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="ermellin (page does not exist)">ermellin</a> <abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></li> <li>Maori: <a href="/w/index.php?title=toriura&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="toriura (page does not exist)">toriura</a></li> <li>Mongolian: <dl><dd>Cyrillic: <a href="/w/index.php?title=%D2%AF%D0%B5%D0%BD&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="үен (page does not exist)">үен</a> <a href="https://mn.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D2%AF%D0%B5%D0%BD" class="extiw" title="mn:үен">(mn)</a> (üjen)</dd> <dd>Mongolian: <a href="/w/index.php?title=%E1%A0%A6%E1%A0%B6%E1%A0%A1%E1%A0%A9&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="ᠦᠶᠡᠩ (page does not exist)">ᠦᠶᠡᠩ</a> (üyeng)</dd></dl></li> <li>Navajo: <a href="/wiki/dl%C7%AB%CC%81%CA%BCii%C5%82gaii#Navajo" title="dlǫ́ʼiiłgaii">dlǫ́ʼiiłgaii</a></li> <li>Norman: <a href="/wiki/b%27lette#Norman" title="b'lette">b'lette</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr> (Jersey)</li> <li>Northern Sami: <a href="/wiki/buoidda#Northern_Sami" title="buoidda">buoidda</a></li> <li>Norwegian: <dl><dd>Bokmål: <a href="/wiki/r%C3%B8yskatt#Norwegian_Bokmål" title="røyskatt">røyskatt</a> <a href="https://no.wiktionary.org/wiki/r%C3%B8yskatt" class="extiw" title="no:røyskatt">(no)</a> <abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></dd> <dd>Nynorsk: <a href="/wiki/r%C3%B8yskatt#Norwegian_Nynorsk" title="røyskatt">røyskatt</a> <abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr>, <a href="/wiki/r%C3%B8ysekatt#Norwegian_Nynorsk" title="røysekatt">røysekatt</a> <abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></dd></dl></li> <li>Occitan: <a href="/wiki/ermina#Occitan" title="ermina">ermina</a> <a href="https://oc.wiktionary.org/wiki/ermina" class="extiw" title="oc:ermina">(oc)</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></li> <li>Old English: <a href="/wiki/hearma#Old_English" title="hearma">hearma</a> <abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></li> <li>Ottoman Turkish: <a href="/wiki/%D9%82%D8%A7%D9%82%D9%85#Ottoman_Turkish" title="قاقم">قاقم</a> (kakım)</li> <li>Persian: <a href="/wiki/%D9%82%D8%A7%D9%82%D9%85#Persian" title="قاقم">قاقم</a> <a href="https://fa.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D9%82%D8%A7%D9%82%D9%85" class="extiw" title="fa:قاقم">(fa)</a> (qâqom)</li> <li>Polish: <a href="/wiki/gronostaj#Polish" title="gronostaj">gronostaj</a> <a href="https://pl.wiktionary.org/wiki/gronostaj" class="extiw" title="pl:gronostaj">(pl)</a> <abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></li> <li>Portuguese: <a href="/wiki/arminho#Portuguese" title="arminho">arminho</a> <a href="https://pt.wiktionary.org/wiki/arminho" class="extiw" title="pt:arminho">(pt)</a> <abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></li> <li>Romani: <a href="/wiki/ermina#Romani" title="ermina">ermina</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></li> <li>Romanian: <a href="/wiki/hermelin%C4%83#Romanian" title="hermelină">hermelină</a> <a href="https://ro.wiktionary.org/wiki/hermelin%C4%83" class="extiw" title="ro:hermelină">(ro)</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr>, <a href="/wiki/hermin%C4%83#Romanian" title="hermină">hermină</a> <a href="https://ro.wiktionary.org/wiki/hermin%C4%83" class="extiw" title="ro:hermină">(ro)</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></li> <li>Romansch: <a href="/wiki/ermelin#Romansch" title="ermelin">ermelin</a> <abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></li> <li>Russian: <a href="/wiki/%D0%B3%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%BD%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%B9#Russian" title="горностай">горноста́й</a> <a href="https://ru.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D0%B3%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%BD%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%B9" class="extiw" title="ru:горностай">(ru)</a> <abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr> (gornostáj)</li> <li>Sardinian: <a href="/wiki/ermellinu#Sardinian" title="ermellinu">ermellinu</a> <abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></li> <li>Scottish Gaelic: <a href="/wiki/neas#Scottish_Gaelic" title="neas">neas</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr>, <a href="/wiki/neas_mh%C3%B2r#Scottish_Gaelic" title="neas mhòr">neas mhòr</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></li> <li>Serbo-Croatian: <dl><dd>Cyrillic: <a href="/w/index.php?title=%D1%85%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BC%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%BD&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="хермелин (page does not exist)">хермѐлӣн</a> <abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=%D0%B7%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B4%D0%B0%D0%B2&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="зердав (page does not exist)">зѐрда̄в</a> <abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></dd> <dd>Roman: <a href="/wiki/hermelin#Serbo-Croatian" title="hermelin">hermèlīn</a> <a href="https://sh.wiktionary.org/wiki/hermelin" class="extiw" title="sh:hermelin">(sh)</a> <abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=zerdav&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="zerdav (page does not exist)">zèrdāv</a> <a href="https://sh.wiktionary.org/wiki/zerdav" class="extiw" title="sh:zerdav">(sh)</a> <abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></dd></dl></li> <li>Shor: <a href="/wiki/%D0%B0%D1%81#Shor" title="ас">ас</a> (as)</li> <li>Skolt Sami: <a href="/wiki/pu%C3%B5iddi#Skolt_Sami" title="puõiddi">puõiddi</a></li> <li>Slovak: <a href="/wiki/hranostaj#Slovak" title="hranostaj">hranostaj</a> <a href="https://sk.wiktionary.org/wiki/hranostaj" class="extiw" title="sk:hranostaj">(sk)</a> <abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></li> <li>Slovene: <a href="/wiki/hermelin#Slovene" title="hermelin">hermelin</a> <a href="https://sl.wiktionary.org/wiki/hermelin" class="extiw" title="sl:hermelin">(sl)</a> <abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></li> <li>Sorbian: <dl><dd>Lower Sorbian: <a href="/wiki/hermelin#Lower_Sorbian" title="hermelin">hermelin</a> <abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></dd> <dd>Upper Sorbian: <a href="/wiki/hermelin#Upper_Sorbian" title="hermelin">hermelin</a> <abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=hronostaj&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="hronostaj (page does not exist)">hronostaj</a></dd></dl></li> <li>Spanish: <a href="/wiki/armi%C3%B1o#Spanish" title="armiño">armiño</a> <a href="https://es.wiktionary.org/wiki/armi%C3%B1o" class="extiw" title="es:armiño">(es)</a> <abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></li> <li>Swedish: <a href="/wiki/hermelin#Swedish" title="hermelin">hermelin</a> <a href="https://sv.wiktionary.org/wiki/hermelin" class="extiw" title="sv:hermelin">(sv)</a> <abbr title="common gender">c</abbr>, <a href="/wiki/lekatt#Swedish" title="lekatt">lekatt</a> <a href="https://sv.wiktionary.org/wiki/lekatt" class="extiw" title="sv:lekatt">(sv)</a> <abbr title="common gender">c</abbr></li> <li>Tagalog: <a href="/wiki/arminyo#Tagalog" title="arminyo">arminyo</a></li> <li>Turkish: <a href="/wiki/as#Turkish" title="as">as</a> <a href="https://tr.wiktionary.org/wiki/as" class="extiw" title="tr:as">(tr)</a>, <a href="/wiki/kak%C4%B1m#Turkish" title="kakım">kakım</a> <a href="https://tr.wiktionary.org/wiki/kak%C4%B1m" class="extiw" title="tr:kakım">(tr)</a>, <a href="/wiki/ermin#Turkish" title="ermin">ermin</a> <a href="https://tr.wiktionary.org/wiki/ermin" class="extiw" title="tr:ermin">(tr)</a></li> <li>Udmurt: <a href="/wiki/%D3%B5%D3%A7%D0%B6%D0%BC%D0%B5%D1%80#Udmurt" title="ӵӧжмер">ӵӧжмер</a> (čöžmer), <a href="/wiki/%D1%81%D1%8C%D3%A7%D0%B4%D0%B1%D1%8B%D0%B6#Udmurt" title="сьӧдбыж">сьӧдбыж</a> (śödbyž), <a href="/wiki/%D1%82%D3%A7%D0%B4%D1%8C%D1%8B%D1%87%D0%B0%D0%B9%D1%8B#Udmurt" title="тӧдьычайы">тӧдьычайы</a> (töďyćajy)</li> <li>Ukrainian: <a href="/wiki/%D0%B3%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%BD%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%B9#Ukrainian" title="горностай">горноста́й</a> <a href="https://uk.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D0%B3%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%BD%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%B9" class="extiw" title="uk:горностай">(uk)</a> <abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr> (hornostáj)</li> <li>Volapük: <a href="/w/index.php?title=h%C3%A4rmin&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="härmin (page does not exist)">härmin</a> <a href="https://vo.wiktionary.org/wiki/h%C3%A4rmin" class="extiw" title="vo:härmin">(vo)</a></li> <li>Welsh: <a href="/wiki/carlwm#Welsh" title="carlwm">carlwm</a> <abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></li> <li>West Frisian: <a href="/w/index.php?title=harmeling&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="harmeling (page does not exist)">harmeling</a></li></ul> </td></tr></tbody></table></div></div> <div class="NavFrame" id="Translations-the_white_fur_of_this_animal"><div class="NavHead" style="text-align:left">the white fur of this animal</div><div class="NavContent"><table class="translations" role="presentation" data-gloss="the white fur of this animal"><tbody><tr><td class="translations-cell multicolumn-list" colspan="3"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r81584270"> <ul><li>Armenian: <a href="/wiki/%D5%A1%D5%AD%D5%A1%D5%A6#Armenian" title="ախազ">ախազ</a> <a href="https://hy.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D5%A1%D5%AD%D5%A1%D5%A6" class="extiw" title="hy:ախազ">(hy)</a> (axaz) <dl><dd>Old Armenian: <a href="/wiki/%D5%AF%D5%B6%D5%A3%D5%B4%D5%A5%D5%B6%D5%AB#Old_Armenian" title="կնգմենի">կնգմենի</a> (kngmeni)</dd></dl></li> <li>Bulgarian: <a href="/w/index.php?title=%D1%85%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BC%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%BD&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="хермелин (page does not exist)">хермелин</a> <abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr> (hermelin)</li> <li>Czech: <a href="/wiki/hermel%C3%ADn#Czech" title="hermelín">hermelín</a> <abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></li> <li>Finnish: <a href="/wiki/k%C3%A4rp%C3%A4nnahka#Finnish" title="kärpännahka">kärpännahka</a>, <a href="/wiki/hermeliini#Finnish" title="hermeliini">hermeliini</a></li> <li>French: <a href="/wiki/hermine#French" title="hermine">hermine</a> <a href="https://fr.wiktionary.org/wiki/hermine" class="extiw" title="fr:hermine">(fr)</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></li> <li>Georgian: <a href="/wiki/%E1%83%A7%E1%83%90%E1%83%A0%E1%83%A7%E1%83%A3%E1%83%9B%E1%83%98#Georgian" title="ყარყუმი">ყარყუმი</a> (q̇arq̇umi)</li> <li>German: <a href="/wiki/Hermelin#German" title="Hermelin">Hermelin</a> <a href="https://de.wiktionary.org/wiki/Hermelin" class="extiw" title="de:Hermelin">(de)</a> <abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></li> <li>Norwegian: <dl><dd>Bokmål: <a href="/wiki/hermelin#Norwegian_Bokmål" title="hermelin">hermelin</a> <a href="https://no.wiktionary.org/wiki/hermelin" class="extiw" title="no:hermelin">(no)</a> <abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></dd> <dd>Nynorsk: <a href="/wiki/hermelin#Norwegian_Nynorsk" title="hermelin">hermelin</a> <abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></dd></dl></li> <li>Polish: <a href="/w/index.php?title=gronostaje&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="gronostaje (page does not exist)">gronostaje</a> <abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr> <abbr title="plural number">pl</abbr></li> <li>Romanian: <a href="/wiki/hermin%C4%83#Romanian" title="hermină">hermină</a> <a href="https://ro.wiktionary.org/wiki/hermin%C4%83" class="extiw" title="ro:hermină">(ro)</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></li> <li>Russian: <a href="/wiki/%D0%B3%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%BD%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%B9#Russian" title="горностай">горноста́й</a> <a href="https://ru.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D0%B3%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%BD%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%B9" class="extiw" title="ru:горностай">(ru)</a> <abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr> (gornostáj)</li> <li>Spanish: <a href="/wiki/armi%C3%B1o#Spanish" title="armiño">armiño</a> <a href="https://es.wiktionary.org/wiki/armi%C3%B1o" class="extiw" title="es:armiño">(es)</a> <abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></li> <li>Volapük: (untanned) <a href="/w/index.php?title=h%C3%A4rminaskin&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="härminaskin (page does not exist)">härminaskin</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=h%C3%A4rminapl%C3%A4d&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="härminapläd (page does not exist)">härminapläd</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=visafot&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="visafot (page does not exist)">visafot</a></li></ul> </td></tr></tbody></table></div></div> <div class="NavFrame" id="Translations-a_symbol_of_purity"><div class="NavHead" style="text-align:left">a symbol of purity</div><div class="NavContent"><table class="translations" role="presentation" data-gloss="a symbol of purity"><tbody><tr><td class="translations-cell multicolumn-list" colspan="3"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r81584270"> <ul><li>Spanish: <a href="/wiki/armi%C3%B1o#Spanish" title="armiño">armiño</a> <a href="https://es.wiktionary.org/wiki/armi%C3%B1o" class="extiw" title="es:armiño">(es)</a> <abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></li></ul> </td></tr></tbody></table></div></div> <div class="NavFrame" id="Translations-the_office_of_a_judge"><div class="NavHead" style="text-align:left">the office of a judge</div><div class="NavContent"><table class="translations" role="presentation" data-gloss="the office of a judge"><tbody><tr><td class="translations-cell multicolumn-list" colspan="3"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r81584270"> </td></tr></tbody></table></div></div> <div class="NavFrame" id="Translations-(heraldry)_a_white_field_with_black_spots"><div class="NavHead" style="text-align:left">(heraldry) a white field with black spots</div><div class="NavContent"><table class="translations" role="presentation" data-gloss="(heraldry) a white field with black spots"><tbody><tr><td class="translations-cell multicolumn-list" colspan="3"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r81584270"> <ul><li>Czech: <a href="/wiki/hermel%C3%ADn#Czech" title="hermelín">hermelín</a> <abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></li> <li>Dutch: <a href="/wiki/hermelijn#Dutch" title="hermelijn">hermelijn</a> <a href="https://nl.wiktionary.org/wiki/hermelijn" class="extiw" title="nl:hermelijn">(nl)</a> <abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></li> <li>Finnish: <a href="/wiki/k%C3%A4rp%C3%A4nnahka#Finnish" title="kärpännahka">kärpännahka</a></li> <li>French: <a href="/wiki/hermine#French" title="hermine">hermine</a> <a href="https://fr.wiktionary.org/wiki/hermine" class="extiw" title="fr:hermine">(fr)</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></li> <li>German: <a href="/wiki/Hermelin#German" title="Hermelin">Hermelin</a> <a href="https://de.wiktionary.org/wiki/Hermelin" class="extiw" title="de:Hermelin">(de)</a> <abbr title="neuter gender">n</abbr></li> <li>Italian: <a href="/wiki/armellino#Italian" title="armellino">armellino</a> <a href="https://it.wiktionary.org/wiki/armellino" class="extiw" title="it:armellino">(it)</a> <abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></li> <li>Macedonian: <a href="/w/index.php?title=%D1%85%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BC%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%BD&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="хермелин (page does not exist)">хермели́н</a> <abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr> (hermelín)</li> <li>Polish: <a href="/wiki/gronostaj#Polish" title="gronostaj">gronostaj</a> <a href="https://pl.wiktionary.org/wiki/gronostaj" class="extiw" title="pl:gronostaj">(pl)</a> <abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></li> <li>Romanian: <a href="/w/index.php?title=herminat&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="herminat (page does not exist)">herminat</a> <a href="https://ro.wiktionary.org/wiki/herminat" class="extiw" title="ro:herminat">(ro)</a> <abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr> or <abbr title="neuter gender">n</abbr></li> <li>Spanish: <a href="/wiki/armi%C3%B1o#Spanish" title="armiño">armiño</a> <a href="https://es.wiktionary.org/wiki/armi%C3%B1o" class="extiw" title="es:armiño">(es)</a> <abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></li> <li>Swedish: <a href="/wiki/hermelin#Swedish" title="hermelin">hermelin</a> <a href="https://sv.wiktionary.org/wiki/hermelin" class="extiw" title="sv:hermelin">(sv)</a></li></ul> </td></tr></tbody></table></div></div> <div class="NavFrame" id="Translations-moths_of_the_family_Yponomeutidae"><div class="NavHead" style="text-align:left">moths of the family Yponomeutidae</div><div class="NavContent"><table class="translations" role="presentation" data-gloss="moths of the family Yponomeutidae"><tbody><tr><td class="translations-cell multicolumn-list" colspan="3"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r81584270"> <ul><li>Finnish: <a href="/wiki/kehr%C3%A4%C3%A4j%C3%A4koi#Finnish" title="kehrääjäkoi">kehrääjäkoi</a> <a href="https://fi.wiktionary.org/wiki/kehr%C3%A4%C3%A4j%C3%A4koi" class="extiw" title="fi:kehrääjäkoi">(fi)</a></li></ul> </td></tr></tbody></table></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Adjective">Adjective</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=ermine&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Adjective">edit</a>]</div> ermine (not <a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#comparable" title="Appendix:Glossary">comparable</a>) <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Armoiries_Bretagne_-_Arms_of_Brittany.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d8/Armoiries_Bretagne_-_Arms_of_Brittany.svg/220px-Armoiries_Bretagne_-_Arms_of_Brittany.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="242" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d8/Armoiries_Bretagne_-_Arms_of_Brittany.svg/330px-Armoiries_Bretagne_-_Arms_of_Brittany.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d8/Armoiries_Bretagne_-_Arms_of_Brittany.svg/440px-Armoiries_Bretagne_-_Arms_of_Brittany.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="660" /></a><figcaption>The coat of arms of Britanny is blazone ermine.</figcaption></figure> <ol><li>(<a href="/wiki/heraldry" title="heraldry">heraldry</a>) In <a href="/wiki/blazon" title="blazon">blazon</a>, of the colour ermine (white with black spots).</li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Translations_2">Translations</h4>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=ermine&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Translations">edit</a>]</div> <div class="NavFrame" id="Translations-of_white_colour_with_black_spots_on_a_coat_of_arms"><div class="NavHead" style="text-align:left">of white colour with black spots on a coat of arms</div><div class="NavContent"><table class="translations" role="presentation" data-gloss="of white colour with black spots on a coat of arms"><tbody><tr><td class="translations-cell multicolumn-list" colspan="3"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r81584270"> <ul><li>Czech: <a href="/w/index.php?title=hermel%C3%ADnov%C3%BD&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="hermelínový (page does not exist)">hermelínový</a></li> <li>Danish: <a href="/wiki/hermelin#Danish" title="hermelin">hermelin</a> <a href="https://da.wiktionary.org/wiki/hermelin" class="extiw" title="da:hermelin">(da)</a></li> <li>Swedish: <a href="/wiki/hermelin#Swedish" title="hermelin">hermelin</a> <a href="https://sv.wiktionary.org/wiki/hermelin" class="extiw" title="sv:hermelin">(sv)</a></li></ul> </td></tr></tbody></table></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Verb">Verb</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=ermine&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Verb">edit</a>]</div> ermine (third-person singular simple present <a href="/wiki/ermines#English" title="ermines">ermines</a>, present participle <a href="/wiki/ermining#English" title="ermining">ermining</a>, simple past and past participle <a href="/wiki/ermined#English" title="ermined">ermined</a>) <ol><li>(<a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#transitive" title="Appendix:Glossary">transitive</a>) To <a href="/wiki/clothe" title="clothe">clothe</a> with ermine.</li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Anagrams">Anagrams</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=ermine&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Anagrams">edit</a>]</div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/enmire#English" title="enmire">enmire</a>, <a href="/wiki/Remine#English" title="Remine">Remine</a>, <a href="/wiki/remine#English" title="remine">remine</a>, <a href="/wiki/ReMine#English" title="ReMine">ReMine</a>, <a href="/wiki/emerin#English" title="emerin">emerin</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nereim#English" title="Nereim">Nereim</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Middle_English">Middle English</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=ermine&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Middle English">edit</a>]</div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Noun_2">Noun</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=ermine&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Noun">edit</a>]</div> ermine <ol><li>Alternative form of <a href="/wiki/ermyne#Middle_English" title="ermyne">ermyne</a></li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Old_French">Old French</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=ermine&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Old French">edit</a>]</div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Alternative_forms">Alternative forms</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=ermine&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Alternative forms">edit</a>]</div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/ermin#Old_French" title="ermin">ermin</a>, <a 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title="Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/harmīn (page does not exist)">*harmīn</a> (“ermine”, adjective) (from <a href="/wiki/Reconstruction:Proto-West_Germanic/harm%C5%8D" title="Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/harmō">*harmō</a> (“ermine”)). <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Noun_3">Noun</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=ermine&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Noun">edit</a>]</div> ermine oblique singular, <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr> (oblique plural <a href="/wiki/ermines#Old_French" title="ermines">ermines</a>, nominative singular ermine, nominative plural <a href="/wiki/ermines#Old_French" title="ermines">ermines</a>) <ol><li><a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#English">ermine</a> (fabric) <ul><li><div class="citation-whole"><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#c." title="Appendix:Glossary"><abbr title="circa">c.</abbr></a> 1170, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chr%C3%A9tien_de_Troyes" class="extiw" title="w:Chrétien de Troyes">Chrétien de Troyes</a>, <cite><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/fr:%C3%89rec_et_%C3%89nide" class="extiw" title="s:fr:Érec et Énide">Érec et Énide</a></cite>:<dl><dd><div class="h-quotation">La pane fu de blanc ermine<dl><dd>(please <a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:Quotations#Adding_translations_to_quotations" title="Wiktionary:Quotations">add an English translation</a> of this quotation)</dd></dl></div></dd></dl></div></li></ul></li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Descendants">Descendants</h4>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=ermine&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Descendants">edit</a>]</div> <ul><li>Middle French: <a href="/w/index.php?title=hermin&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="hermin (page does not exist)">hermin</a>, <a href="/wiki/ermin#Middle_French" title="ermin">ermin</a><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r68481116">.mw-parser-output .desc-arr[title]{cursor:help}.mw-parser-output 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class="interlanguage-link-target">മലയാളം</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wiktionary.org/wiki/ermine" title="ermine – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="ermine" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target">Nederlands</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wiktionary.org/wiki/ermine" title="ermine – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="ermine" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target">日本語</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-om mw-list-item"><a href="https://om.wiktionary.org/wiki/ermine" title="ermine – Oromo" lang="om" hreflang="om" data-title="ermine" data-language-autonym="Oromoo" data-language-local-name="Oromo" class="interlanguage-link-target">Oromoo</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ps mw-list-item"><a href="https://ps.wiktionary.org/wiki/ermine" title="ermine – Pashto" lang="ps" hreflang="ps" data-title="ermine" data-language-autonym="پښتو" data-language-local-name="Pashto" class="interlanguage-link-target">پښتو</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wiktionary.org/wiki/ermine" title="ermine – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="ermine" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target">Polski</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wiktionary.org/wiki/ermine" title="ermine – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="ermine" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Română</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wiktionary.org/wiki/ermine" title="ermine – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="ermine" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Русский</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wiktionary.org/wiki/ermine" title="ermine – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="ermine" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target">Simple English</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wiktionary.org/wiki/ermine" title="ermine – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="ermine" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target">Suomi</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wiktionary.org/wiki/ermine" title="ermine – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="ermine" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target">Svenska</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ta mw-list-item"><a href="https://ta.wiktionary.org/wiki/ermine" title="ermine – Tamil" lang="ta" hreflang="ta" data-title="ermine" data-language-autonym="தமிழ்" data-language-local-name="Tamil" class="interlanguage-link-target">தமிழ்</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-shn mw-list-item"><a href="https://shn.wiktionary.org/wiki/ermine" title="ermine – Shan" lang="shn" hreflang="shn" data-title="ermine" data-language-autonym="ၽႃႇသႃႇတႆး " data-language-local-name="Shan" class="interlanguage-link-target">ၽႃႇသႃႇတႆး </a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-te mw-list-item"><a href="https://te.wiktionary.org/wiki/ermine" title="ermine – Telugu" lang="te" hreflang="te" data-title="ermine" data-language-autonym="తెలుగు" data-language-local-name="Telugu" class="interlanguage-link-target">తెలుగు</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tr mw-list-item"><a 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