The weasel is noted for its bad smell.
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Weasel
//ˈwiːz(ə)l//
Synonyms for "weasel" (213 found)
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Closest matches (43)
Strong matches (64)
Related words (106)
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7 entriesat location
91 entriesShowing 16 of 91 words.
derived
49 entriesShowing 16 of 49 words.
has a
1 entriesis a
7 entriesrelated to
17 entriesShowing 16 of 17 words.
Translations
164 translations across 73 languages.
Albanian
4 entries- bishtafurkë noun (least weasel, Mustela nivalis)
- bukël noun (least weasel, Mustela nivalis)
- furrëbubëz noun (least weasel, Mustela nivalis)
- larakuqe noun (least weasel, Mustela nivalis)
Algonquin
1 entries- cigosi noun (least weasel, Mustela nivalis)
Ancient Greek
4 entries- γαλέη noun (least weasel, Mustela nivalis)
- γαλέη noun (any mammal of the genus Mustela)
- γαλῆ noun (least weasel, Mustela nivalis)
- γαλῆ noun (any mammal of the genus Mustela)
Arabic
3 entries- اِبْن عِرْس noun (least weasel, Mustela nivalis)
- عِرْسَة noun (least weasel, Mustela nivalis)
- فارة الخيل noun (least weasel, Mustela nivalis)
Armenian
1 entries- աքիս noun (least weasel, Mustela nivalis)
Asturian
4 entries- colleralba noun (least weasel, Mustela nivalis)
- denunciella noun (least weasel, Mustela nivalis)
- mustadiella noun (least weasel, Mustela nivalis)
- rataliga noun (least weasel, Mustela nivalis)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- gəlincik noun (least weasel, Mustela nivalis)
Bashkir
1 entries- йәтсә noun (least weasel, Mustela nivalis)
Basque
1 entries- erbinude noun (least weasel, Mustela nivalis)
Belarusian
2 entries- ла́ска noun (least weasel, Mustela nivalis)
- ла́ска noun (any mammal of the genus Mustela)
Breton
1 entries- kaerell noun (least weasel, Mustela nivalis)
Bulgarian
2 entries- невесту́лка noun (least weasel, Mustela nivalis)
- клинча verb (to weasel out of doing something)
Catalan
3 entries- mostela noun (least weasel, Mustela nivalis)
- mustèlid noun (any mammal of the family Mustelidae)
- visó noun (any mammal of the genus Mustela)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 伶鼬 noun (least weasel, Mustela nivalis)
- 銀鼠 /银鼠 noun (least weasel, Mustela nivalis)
- 鼬鼠 noun (any mammal of the genus Mustela)
Cimbrian
1 entries- bròiballe noun (least weasel, Mustela nivalis)
Czech
1 entries- lasice noun (least weasel, Mustela nivalis)
Danish
2 entries- brud noun (least weasel, Mustela nivalis)
- væsel noun (least weasel, Mustela nivalis)
Dutch
1 entries- wezel noun (least weasel, Mustela nivalis)
Esperanto
4 entries- musteledino noun (any mammal of the family Mustelidae)
- musteledo noun (any mammal of the family Mustelidae)
- mustelino noun (any mammal of the genus Mustela)
- mustelo noun (any mammal of the genus Mustela)
Estonian
1 entries- nirk noun (least weasel, Mustela nivalis)
Finnish
4 entries- härveli noun (yarn winder)
- kärppä noun (any mammal of the genus Mustela)
- lumikko noun (least weasel, Mustela nivalis)
- näätäeläin noun (any mammal of the family Mustelidae)
French
4 entries- belette noun (least weasel, Mustela nivalis)
- belette d'Europe noun (least weasel, Mustela nivalis)
- belette pygmée noun (least weasel, Mustela nivalis)
- fouine noun (least weasel, Mustela nivalis)
Galician
3 entries- denociña noun (least weasel, Mustela nivalis)
- donicela noun (least weasel, Mustela nivalis)
- doniña noun (least weasel, Mustela nivalis)
Georgian
4 entries- დედოფალა noun (least weasel, Mustela nivalis)
- დედოფალა noun (least weasel, Mustela nivalis)
- თრითინა noun (least weasel, Mustela nivalis)
- სინდიოფალა noun (least weasel, Mustela nivalis)
German
4 entries- Hermännchen noun (least weasel, Mustela nivalis)
- Kleinwiesel noun (least weasel, Mustela nivalis)
- Marder noun (any mammal of the family Mustelidae)
- Mauswiesel noun (least weasel, Mustela nivalis)
Greek
2 entries- ανέμη noun (yarn winder)
- νυφίτσα noun (least weasel, Mustela nivalis)
Hebrew
1 entries- חָמוֹס noun (least weasel, Mustela nivalis)
Hindi
1 entries- रासू noun (least weasel, Mustela nivalis)
Hungarian
3 entries- menyét noun (least weasel, Mustela nivalis)
- menyét noun (any mammal of the genus Mustela)
- kihúzza magát valamiből verb (to weasel out of doing something)
Indonesian
1 entries- cerpelai noun (any mammal of the genus Mustela)
Irish
2 entries- bláthnaid ghallda noun (least weasel, Mustela nivalis)
- easóg noun (any mammal of the genus Mustela)
Italian
1 entries- donnola noun (least weasel, Mustela nivalis)
Japanese
4 entries- イタチ noun (least weasel, Mustela nivalis)
- 飯綱 noun (least weasel, Mustela nivalis)
- 鼬 noun (least weasel, Mustela nivalis)
- 鼬鼠 noun (least weasel, Mustela nivalis)
Korean
1 entries- 족제비 noun (least weasel, Mustela nivalis)
Latgalian
1 entries- luoseica noun (least weasel, Mustela nivalis)
Latin
1 entries- mūstēla noun (least weasel, Mustela nivalis)
Latvian
3 entries- sermulis noun (any mammal of the genus Mustela)
- zebiekste noun (least weasel, Mustela nivalis)
- zebiekste noun (any mammal of the genus Mustela)
Lithuanian
1 entries- žebenkštis noun (least weasel, Mustela nivalis)
Low German
1 entries- Wesel noun (least weasel, Mustela nivalis)
Lower Sorbian
2 entries- łasyca noun (least weasel, Mustela nivalis)
- łasycka noun (least weasel, Mustela nivalis)
Luxembourgish
1 entries- Wisel noun (least weasel, Mustela nivalis)
Macedonian
1 entries- ла́сица noun (least weasel, Mustela nivalis)
Malay
1 entries- wesel noun (least weasel, Mustela nivalis)
Mazanderani
1 entries- لسک noun (least weasel, Mustela nivalis)
Middle English
2 entries- wesele noun (least weasel, Mustela nivalis)
- wesele noun (any mammal of the genus Mustela)
Māori
4 entries- tori noun (any mammal of the family Mustelidae)
- tori uaroa noun (least weasel, Mustela nivalis)
- tori uaroa noun (any mammal of the genus Mustela)
- tori uaroa noun (any mammal of the family Mustelidae)
Navajo
2 entries- dlǫ́ʼii noun (least weasel, Mustela nivalis)
- dlǫ́ʼii noun (any mammal of the genus Mustela)
Occitan
1 entries- mostèla noun (least weasel, Mustela nivalis)
Old English
1 entries- weosule noun (least weasel, Mustela nivalis)
Persian
1 entries- راسو noun (least weasel, Mustela nivalis)
Plautdietsch
2 entries- Elkj noun (least weasel, Mustela nivalis)
- Elkj noun (any mammal of the genus Mustela)
Polish
2 entries- łasica noun (least weasel, Mustela nivalis)
- wykręcić się verb (to weasel out of doing something)
Portuguese
2 entries- doninha noun (least weasel, Mustela nivalis)
- doninha noun (any mammal of the genus Mustela)
Quechua
1 entries- achuqalla noun (any mammal of the genus Mustela)
Romanian
1 entries- nevăstuică noun (least weasel, Mustela nivalis)
Russian
4 entries- ла́ска noun (least weasel, Mustela nivalis)
- ла́ска noun (any mammal of the genus Mustela)
- уви́ливать verb (to weasel out of doing something)
- увильну́ть verb (to weasel out of doing something)
Scots
1 entries- whitrat noun (least weasel, Mustela nivalis)
Scottish Gaelic
3 entries- neas noun (least weasel, Mustela nivalis)
- neas noun (any mammal of the genus Mustela)
- neas bheag noun (least weasel, Mustela nivalis)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- lasica noun (least weasel, Mustela nivalis)
- ласица noun (least weasel, Mustela nivalis)
Sicilian
1 entries- baḍḍòttula noun (least weasel, Mustela nivalis)
Slovene
1 entries- podlasica noun (least weasel, Mustela nivalis)
Spanish
4 entries- comadreja noun (least weasel, Mustela nivalis)
- comadreja noun (any mammal of the family Mustelidae)
- mustela noun (least weasel, Mustela nivalis)
- turón noun (least weasel, Mustela nivalis)
Swedish
1 entries- vessla noun (least weasel, Mustela nivalis)
Tagalog
1 entries- mustela noun (least weasel, Mustela nivalis)
Thai
1 entries- เพียงพอน noun (least weasel, Mustela nivalis)
Tibetan
1 entries- ཟེ་མོ་སེར་པོ noun (least weasel, Mustela nivalis)
Turkish
1 entries- gelincik noun (least weasel, Mustela nivalis)
Ukrainian
4 entries- ла́сиця noun (least weasel, Mustela nivalis)
- ла́сиця noun (any mammal of the genus Mustela)
- ла́ска noun (least weasel, Mustela nivalis)
- ла́ска noun (any mammal of the genus Mustela)
Upper Sorbian
1 entries- kohlica noun (least weasel, Mustela nivalis)
Volapük
2 entries- visaf noun (least weasel, Mustela nivalis)
- visaf noun (any mammal of the genus Mustela)
Walloon
3 entries- bascolete noun (least weasel, Mustela nivalis)
- bascolidî noun (any mammal of the family Mustelidae)
- marcote noun (least weasel, Mustela nivalis)
Welsh
2 entries- bronwen noun (least weasel, Mustela nivalis)
- gwenci noun (least weasel, Mustela nivalis)
West-Frisian
2 entries- marter noun (any mammal of the genus Mustela)
- wezeling noun (least weasel, Mustela nivalis)
Sample sentences
16 total sentences available.
When a weasel pays a new year visit to a chicken, that's no reason for comfort!
Source: tatoeba (1969280)
‘Wezel’ is the Dutch for ‘weasel’. Both are derived from the Proto-Germanic *wisulǭ.
Source: tatoeba (4454296)
Unlike 'weasel', the Proto-Germanic ancestor of the word 'stoat' has not been established.
Source: tatoeba (4454394)
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