zibeline
English edit
Etymology edit
From French zibeline (“sable”).
Noun edit
zibeline (countable and uncountable, plural zibelines)
French edit
Etymology edit
From Middle French zubeline (“sable”), influenced by Italian zibellino, from Old French sabelin (“sable”), from Middle Low German sabel ; ultimately from a Balto-Slavic word (compare Russian со́боль (sóbolʹ), Polish soból, Czech sobol). Doublet of sable.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
zibeline f (plural zibelines)
Further reading edit
- “zibeline”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.