herminette
French, noun/ɛʁ.mi.nɛt/
herminette is spelled H-E-R-M-I-N-E-T-T-E (10 letters) and appears about once in every 26 million words in written French, the 164,661st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Herminette is a French feminine noun meaning “female ermine when its fur is yellow in summer, as opposed to white in winter” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Belette (Mustela nivalis) dans son pelage blanc d’hiver”.
What does herminette mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininefemale ermine when its fur is yellow in summer, as opposed to white in winter
- 2
feminineits fur
- 3
feminineadze
- 4
femininespokeshave
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Belette (Mustela nivalis) dans son pelage blanc d’hiver. 2. Espèce de hache recourbée, dont le tranchant est perpendiculaire au manche, qui sert à planer, à doler le bois.
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 herminette
- herminettes plural
- erminette
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce herminette?
- /ɛʁ.mi.nɛt/
- \ɛʁ.mi.nɛt\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to herminette
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is herminette in French?
herminette appears about once in every 26 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).