zorille

English

A striped polecat, Ictonyx striatus.

Wikispecies

Alternative forms

• zoril, zorilla

Etymology

From French zorille, from Spanish zorrillo, from zorro (“fox”) + -illo.

Noun

zorille (plural zorilles)

1. Ictonyx striatus, a small, carnivorous, nocturnal African mammal resembling a skunk.

Synonyms

• (Ictonyx striatus): striped polecat, African polecat, Cape polecat, African skunk

Translations

Ictonyx striatus

• Bulgarian: зорила f (zorila), ивичест пор m (ivičest por)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 非洲艾虎 (Fēizhōu àihǔ)

• Czech: zorila velká
• Finnish: haisuhilleri (fi)
• Russian: зори́лла (ru) f (zorílla)
• Swahili: kicheche
• Vietnamese: chồn hôi sọc châu Phi
• Welsh: soril m
• Wolof: jab gi, wéxéñ wi

French

Noun

zorille m or f (plural zorilles)

1. zorille

Further reading

• “zorille”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.