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Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch hermelijn, a diminutive of hermel, harmel, from Old Dutch *hermilo, itself also a diminutive, of *harmo, from Proto-Germanic *harmô. Cognate with Middle Low German hermelīn, German Hermelin.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌɦɛr.məˈlɛi̯n/
- Hyphenation: her‧me‧lijn
- Rhymes: -ɛi̯n
Noun
hermelijn m (plural hermelijnen, diminutive hermelijntje n)
- stoat, ermine, Mustela erminea
- (heraldry) ermine
- (uncountable) ermine, the white fur of the stoat
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