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ermelin

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
er-melin
IPA
9
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An ermine.

Obsolete

Example Sentences

Etymology

Borrowed from German Hermelin (“ermine”), from Middle High German hermelin, from Old High German harmilī, harmilīn (“weasel”), diminutive of Old High German harmo (“ermine, stoat, weasel”), from Proto-West Germanic *harmō, from Proto-Germanic *harmô (“weasel”). Cognate with Italian ermellino (“ermine”), from the same Germanic source. More at ermine.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: Hermelin, *harmō, *harmô

Usage

Inflected Forms

ermelins (plural) ermilin (alternative)

Questions

What does ermelin mean?
An ermine.
Where does ermelin come from?
It is traced to German.

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