belette
French, noun/bə.lɛt/
belette is spelled B-E-L-E-T-T-E (7 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written French, the 46,078th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Belette is a French feminine noun meaning “weasel (specifically, the least weasel)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Petit mammifère carnassier, de forme effilée et de couleur rousse, qui a le museau pointu et les pattes…”.
What does belette mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineweasel (specifically, the least weasel)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Petit mammifère carnassier, de forme effilée et de couleur rousse, qui a le museau pointu et les pattes courtes (Mustela nivalis). 2. Jeune fille ou jeune femme charmante. 3. Fille naïve et idiote, féminin argotique de « blaireau ». 4. Curieux, personne curieuse.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of belette
- belettes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce belette?
- /bə.lɛt/
- \bə.lɛt\
- [bə.lɛt]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to belette
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is belette in French?
belette appears about once in every 2 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).