écureuil

common nounproper noun

Syllable Decomposition

écureuil

comes from various attested forms: escuriuel and escuriax (12th century); escurel and escuiroil (14th century). From Vulgar Latin scūrĭōlus, a diminutive of the Latin sciurus, which in turn comes from the Ancient Greek σκίουρος (skiouros), composed of σκιά (skia, 'shade') and οὐρά (oura, 'tail'), because this animal is capable of making shade for itself with its tail.

Definitions

animaux
papillons

Plural

écureuils

Hyperonyms

mammifèrerongeur

Translations

  • germangerman:Hörnchen
  • englishenglish:squirrel
  • arabicarabic:سنجاب
  • chinesechinese:栗鼠
  • koreankorean:다람쥐
  • danishdanish:egern
  • spanishspanish:ardilla
  • finnishfinnish:orava
  • greekgreek:σκίουρος
  • hebrewhebrew:סנאי
  • italianitalian:scoiattolo
  • japanesejapanese:リス
  • dutchdutch:eekhoorntje
  • polishpolish:wiewiórka
  • portugueseportuguese:serelepe
  • russianrussian:белка
  • swedishswedish:ekorre
  • turkishturkish:sincap
  • ukrainianukrainian:білка