Phrase guide

European polecat

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • UK: /(ˌ)jʊə.ɹəˈpiː.ən ˈpəʊlkæt/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • General-American: /ˌjʊɹ.əˈpi.ən ˈpoʊlˌkæt/
  • rhymes with -əʊlkæt

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noun

Meaning 1

Mustela putorius, related to mink and weasels, native to Europe and parts of Asia, and from which certain of the animals called ferrets have been domesticated.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: black polecat, forest polecat, fitch, foumart, ferret

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: mustelid, polecat

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

79 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: bundër — Mustela putorius
  • Albanian: qelbës — Mustela putorius
  • Arabic: اِبْن عُرْس مُنْتِن أُورُوبِيّ (ibn ʕurs muntin ʔūrūbiyy) — Mustela putorius
  • Arabic: فَأْر الْخَيْل الْأُورُوبِيّ (faʔr al-ḵayl al-ʔūrūbiyy) — Mustela putorius
  • Armenian: ժանտաքիս (žantakʻis) — Mustela putorius
  • Bashkir: көҙән (köźən) — Mustela putorius
  • Basque: ipurtats — Mustela putorius
  • Belarusian: тхор лясны́ (txor ljasný) — Mustela putorius
  • Belarusian: тхор чо́рны (txor čórny) — Mustela putorius
  • Belarusian: тхор (txor) — Mustela putorius
  • Breton: pudask — Mustela putorius
  • Bulgarian: пор (por) — Mustela putorius
  • Bulgarian: европейски пор (evropejski por) — Mustela putorius
  • Catalan: turó — Mustela putorius
  • Chinese Mandarin: 艾虎 (àihǔ) — Mustela putorius
  • Czech: tchoř — Mustela putorius
  • Danish: ilder — Mustela putorius
  • Dutch: bunzing — Mustela putorius
  • Esperanto: putoro — Mustela putorius
  • Estonian: tuhkur — Mustela putorius
  • Finnish: hilleri — Mustela putorius
  • Finnish: lahokas — Mustela putorius
  • French: putois — Mustela putorius
  • West-Frisian: murd — Mustela putorius
  • Friulian: puçul — Mustela putorius
  • Friulian: pufe — Mustela putorius
  • Friulian: pudîs — Mustela putorius
  • Friulian: spuç — Mustela putorius
  • Galician: tourón — Mustela putorius
  • Galician: furón — Mustela putorius
  • Georgian: ქრცვინი (krcvini) — Mustela putorius
  • Georgian: ევროპული ქრცვინი (evroṗuli krcvini) — Mustela putorius
  • German: Iltis — Mustela putorius
  • German: Europäischer Iltis — Mustela putorius
  • Greek: βρωμοκούναβο (vromokoúnavo) — Mustela putorius
  • Hungarian: görény — Mustela putorius
  • Ingrian: harjokka — Mustela putorius
  • Irish: cat coille — Mustela putorius
  • Irish: toghán — Mustela putorius
  • Italian: puzzola — Mustela putorius
  • Japanese: ケナガイタチ (kenagaitachi) — Mustela putorius
  • Japanese: ヨーロッパケナガイタチ (Yōroppa kenagaitachi) — Mustela putorius
  • Latgalian: saskys — Mustela putorius
  • Latin: mustella — Mustela putorius
  • Latin: putorius — Mustela putorius
  • Latvian: sesks — Mustela putorius
  • Lithuanian: šeškas — Mustela putorius
  • Macedonian: обичен твор (običen tvor) — Mustela putorius
  • Norman: putouais — Mustela putorius
  • Norwegian Bokmål: ilder — Mustela putorius
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: ilder — Mustela putorius
  • Occitan: catpudre — Mustela putorius
  • Polish: tchórz — Mustela putorius
  • Portuguese: toirão — Mustela putorius
  • Romani: mutsa-kandini — Mustela putorius
  • Romanian: dihor — Mustela putorius
  • Romansh: telpi — Mustela putorius
  • Russian: хорёк (xorjók) — Mustela putorius
  • Russian: хорь (xorʹ) — Mustela putorius
  • Russian: хорь чёрный (xorʹ čórnyj) — Mustela putorius
  • Russian: хорь лесно́й (xorʹ lesnój) — Mustela putorius
  • Sardinian: pùtzola — Mustela putorius
  • Scottish Gaelic: feocallan-Eòrpach — Mustela putorius
  • Serbo-Croatian: тво̑р — Mustela putorius
  • Serbo-Croatian: tvȏr — Mustela putorius
  • Slovak: tchor obyčajný — Mustela putorius
  • Slovene: dihur — Mustela putorius
  • Somali: xoor — Mustela putorius
  • Lower Sorbian: twóŕ — Mustela putorius
  • Upper Sorbian: tchór — Mustela putorius
  • Spanish: turón — Mustela putorius
  • Swedish: iller — Mustela putorius
  • Turkish: kokarca — Mustela putorius
  • Ukrainian: тхір лісови́й (txir lisovýj) — Mustela putorius
  • Ukrainian: тхір чо́рний (txir čórnyj) — Mustela putorius
  • Vietnamese: triết — Mustela putorius
  • Walloon: vexhåd — Mustela putorius
  • Walloon: vexhoes — Mustela putorius
  • Welsh: ffwlbart — Mustela putorius