écureuil
French edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Middle French escureul, escuirel, escurel, from Old French escurel from Late Latin *scūriolus, diminutive of *scūrius, variant of Classical Latin sciūrus, from Ancient Greek σκίουρος (skíouros).
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): /e.ky.ʁœj/
audio (file) - (Louisiana) IPA(key): [e.ky.ɾœj], [e.ki.ɾœj], [ze.ky.ɾœj], [ze.ki.ɾœj], [ki.ɾœj], [zi.ki.ɾœj], [zi.ki.ɾej], [ze.ki.ɾej]
- Homophone: écureuils
- Hyphenation: é‧cu‧reuil
Noun edit
écureuil m (plural écureuils)
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “écureuil”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.