ferrete
Asturian edit
Noun edit
ferrete m (plural ferretes)
Galician edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Attested in local 12th century Latin documents.[1] From Old French ferret (“little iron object”), diminutive of fer (“iron”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
ferrete m (plural ferretes)
Derived terms edit
References edit
- “ferrete” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “ferrete” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “ferrete” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
From Old French ferret (“branding iron”), diminutive of fer (“iron”), from Latin ferrum.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
ferrete m (plural ferretes)
Further reading edit
- “ferrete”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014