belette
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belette
- inflection of beletten:
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Etymology edit
From Old French belette. Derivable from belle (“pretty”) + -ette (diminutive ending). Compare Franco-Provençal belèta.
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belette f (plural belettes)
- weasel (specifically, the least weasel)
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References edit
- “belette”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.