Ferret

//ˈfɛɹɪt//

Synonyms for "ferret" (54 found)

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Closest matches (11)

animal antelope ape argus armadillo bar bat bear black footed ferret cape polecat

Noun(1 words)

black-footed ferret

Strong matches (16)

cat cavy chimp chimpanzee coon eagle elephant ferret out foumart glutton groundhog guinea pig hare hawk

Noun(1 words)

european polecat

Verb(1 words)

ferret out

Related words (27)

hedgehog horse hunt kangaroo lynx mammal monk monkey mousehound opossum pig platypus polecat porcupine possum prairie dog quill pig raccoon rat root

Show 6 more words

skunk weasel whistle-pig wolverine woodchuck zoril

Noun(1 words)

mustela nigripes

Related word relations

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10 relation types

More general

16 entries

Mustela putorius discover find fitch foulmart foumart hound hunt hunt down mustelid musteline musteline mammal polecat run trace track down

Synonyms

2 entries

black footed ferret ferret out

Related terms

1 entries

furtive

at location

92 entries

act of running apartment arms bad mood bad mook box burrowed hole bush cage at home canada classroom comic book cousin's house delawaere den den in woods

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capable of

1 entries

pet

dbpedia genus

1 entries

weasel

derived

12 entries

chutney ferret exercise the ferret ferret about ferret around ferret out ferret-badger ferret-faced ferret-legging ferreter ferretlike ferrety reverse ferret

is a

4 entries

animal mammal polecat wild animal

manner of

2 entries

hound hunt

related to

17 entries

burrow cotton diligent document game hunt light mammal mustela putorius furo polecat ribbon searcher searching silk tape uncover

Showing 16 of 17 words.

Translations

109 translations across 78 languages.

Albanian

1 entries

qelbës noun (the mammal Mustela putorius furo)

Ancient Greek

2 entries

γαλέη noun (the mammal Mustela putorius furo)
γαλῆ noun (the mammal Mustela putorius furo)

Arabic

1 entries

اِبْنُ مِقْرَض noun (the mammal Mustela putorius furo)

Armenian

1 entries

ժանտաքիս noun (the mammal Mustela putorius furo)

Asturian

1 entries

furón noun (the mammal Mustela putorius furo)

Azerbaijani

1 entries

safsar noun (the mammal Mustela putorius furo)

Basque

1 entries

hudo noun (the mammal Mustela putorius furo)

Belarusian

1 entries

тхор noun (the mammal Mustela putorius furo)

Breton

1 entries

fured noun (the mammal Mustela putorius furo)

Bulgarian

4 entries

дома́шен пор noun (the mammal Mustela putorius furo)
пор noun (the mammal Mustela putorius furo)
фре́тка noun (the mammal Mustela putorius furo)
тършувам verb (to bring to light by searching)

Catalan

2 entries

fura noun (the mammal Mustela putorius furo)
furó noun (the mammal Mustela putorius furo)

Chinese Mandarin

1 entries

雪貂 noun (the mammal Mustela putorius furo)

Czech

1 entries

fretka noun (the mammal Mustela putorius furo)

Danish

1 entries

fritte noun (the mammal Mustela putorius furo)

Dutch

1 entries

fret noun (the mammal Mustela putorius furo)

Erzya

1 entries

пача noun (the mammal Mustela putorius furo)

Esperanto

1 entries

furo noun (the mammal Mustela putorius furo)

Estonian

1 entries

tuhkur noun (the mammal Mustela putorius furo)

Finnish

1 entries

fretti noun (the mammal Mustela putorius furo)

French

4 entries

furet noun (the mammal Mustela putorius furo)
débusquer verb (to bring to light by searching)
découvrir verb (to bring to light by searching)
dénicher verb (to bring to light by searching)

Friulian

1 entries

pudîs blanc noun (the mammal Mustela putorius furo)

Galician

2 entries

furón noun (the mammal Mustela putorius furo)
tourón noun (the mammal Mustela putorius furo)

Georgian

1 entries

ქრცვინი noun (the mammal Mustela putorius furo)

German

1 entries

Frettchen noun (the mammal Mustela putorius furo)

Greek

2 entries

κουνάβι noun (the mammal Mustela putorius furo)
νυφίτσα noun (the mammal Mustela putorius furo)

Hebrew

1 entries

חָמוֹס noun (the mammal Mustela putorius furo)

Hungarian

1 entries

vadászgörény noun (the mammal Mustela putorius furo)

Icelandic

1 entries

fretta noun (the mammal Mustela putorius furo)

Ido

1 entries

fureto noun (the mammal Mustela putorius furo)

Ingrian

1 entries

harjokka noun (the mammal Mustela putorius furo)

Irish

1 entries

firéad noun (the mammal Mustela putorius furo)

Italian

1 entries

furetto noun (the mammal Mustela putorius furo)

Japanese

2 entries

フェレット noun (the mammal Mustela putorius furo)
白鼬 noun (the mammal Mustela putorius furo)

Kazakh

1 entries

күзен noun (the mammal Mustela putorius furo)

Korean

1 entries

페럿 noun (the mammal Mustela putorius furo)

Kyrgyz

1 entries

күзөн noun (the mammal Mustela putorius furo)

Latgalian

1 entries

saskys noun (the mammal Mustela putorius furo)

Latin

1 entries

viverra noun (the mammal Mustela putorius furo)

Latvian

1 entries

sesks noun (the mammal Mustela putorius furo)

Lithuanian

1 entries

šeškas noun (the mammal Mustela putorius furo)

Lower Sorbian

1 entries

łasycka noun (the mammal Mustela putorius furo)

Macedonian

1 entries

ласица noun (the mammal Mustela putorius furo)

Malay

1 entries

feret noun (the mammal Mustela putorius furo)

Maltese

1 entries

nemes noun (the mammal Mustela putorius furo)

Māori

2 entries

tori hura noun (the mammal Mustela putorius furo)
paraketu verb (to bring to light by searching)

Navajo

1 entries

dlǫ́ʼii noun (the mammal Mustela putorius furo)

Norman

1 entries

futhet noun (the mammal Mustela putorius furo)

Norwegian Bokmål

2 entries

frett noun (the mammal Mustela putorius furo)
ilder noun (the mammal Mustela putorius furo)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries

ilder noun (the mammal Mustela putorius furo)

Occitan

1 entries

fura noun (the mammal Mustela putorius furo)

Persian

1 entries

راسو noun (the mammal Mustela putorius furo)

Plautdietsch

1 entries

Elkj noun (the mammal Mustela putorius furo)

Polish

2 entries

fretka noun (the mammal Mustela putorius furo)
myszkować verb (to bring to light by searching)

Portuguese

1 entries

furão noun (the mammal Mustela putorius furo)

Quechua

1 entries

manqu noun (the mammal Mustela putorius furo)

Romagnol

1 entries

furèt noun (the mammal Mustela putorius furo)

Romanian

1 entries

nevăstuică noun (the mammal Mustela putorius furo)

Romansch

1 entries

furet noun (the mammal Mustela putorius furo)

Russian

2 entries

хорь noun (the mammal Mustela putorius furo)
хорёк noun (the mammal Mustela putorius furo)

Sami

2 entries

albinočáhppesbuoidda noun (the mammal Mustela putorius furo)
ferrehtta noun (the mammal Mustela putorius furo)

Sardinian

2 entries

fughittu noun (the mammal Mustela putorius furo)
furittu noun (the mammal Mustela putorius furo)

Scots

1 entries

futret noun (the mammal Mustela putorius furo)

Scottish Gaelic

2 entries

fearaid noun (the mammal Mustela putorius furo)
neas noun (the mammal Mustela putorius furo)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries

tvor noun (the mammal Mustela putorius furo)
vretna noun (the mammal Mustela putorius furo)
вретна noun (the mammal Mustela putorius furo)
твор noun (the mammal Mustela putorius furo)

Sicilian

1 entries

furittu noun (the mammal Mustela putorius furo)

Slovak

1 entries

fretka noun (the mammal Mustela putorius furo)

Slovene

1 entries

dihur noun (the mammal Mustela putorius furo)

Spanish

4 entries

grisón noun (the mammal Mustela putorius furo)
hurón noun (the mammal Mustela putorius furo)
buscar verb (to bring to light by searching)
fisgonear verb (to bring to light by searching)

Swahili

1 entries

fereti noun (the mammal Mustela putorius furo)

Swedish

2 entries

iller noun (the mammal Mustela putorius furo)
tamiller noun (the mammal Mustela putorius furo)

Tajik

1 entries

хаз noun (the mammal Mustela putorius furo)

Tamil

1 entries

மரநாய் வகை noun (the mammal Mustela putorius furo)

Thai

1 entries

เฟร์ริต noun (the mammal Mustela putorius furo)

Turkish

2 entries

dağ gelinciği noun (the mammal Mustela putorius furo)
yaban noun (the mammal Mustela putorius furo)

Ukrainian

3 entries

дома́шній тхір noun (the mammal Mustela putorius furo)
тхір noun (the mammal Mustela putorius furo)
фре́тка noun (the mammal Mustela putorius furo)

Uzbek

1 entries

sassiqkuzan noun (the mammal Mustela putorius furo)

Welsh

1 entries

ffured noun (the mammal Mustela putorius furo)

West-Frisian

1 entries

fret noun (the mammal Mustela putorius furo)

Sample sentences

16 total sentences available.

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He keeps a ferret as a pet.

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What new facts did you manage to ferret out?

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I have a pet ferret.

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The squirrel, the ape and the monkey, are kept at home for amusement. The dormouse and other larger mice, such as the weevil, the martin, the ferret, trouble the home.

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