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Definitions: Ermine |
ErmineNoun1. The expensive white fur of the ermine. 2. Mustelid of northern hemisphere in its white winter coat. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "ermine" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1200. (references) |
| Domain | Definitions |
Dream Interpretation | To dream that you wear this beautiful and costly raiment, denotes exaltation, lofty character and wealth forming a barrier to want and misery. To see others thus clothed, you will be associated with wealthy people, polished in literature and art. For a lover to see his sweetheart clothed in ermine, is an omen of purity and faithfulness. If the ermine is soiled, the reverse is indicated. Source: Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted .... |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonym: ErmineSynonym: shorttail weasel (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Ornament | Embroidery; brocade, brocatelle, galloon, lace, fringe, trapping, border, edging, trimming; hanging, tapestry, arras; millinery, ermine; drap d'or. |
Scepter | Toga, pall, mantle, robes of state, ermine, purple. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Ermine |
| English words defined with "ermine": Ermilin, Ermined, Erminois ♦ stoat ♦ White miller, woolly bear ♦ Yponomeuta padella. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "ermine": Ermine ♦ Foss-way ♦ LAMBSKIN MEN. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Movie/TV Titles | A Yank in Ermine (1955) That Lady in Ermine (1948) Dusty Ermine (1936) Beggars in Ermine (1934) Dumbbells in Ermine (1930) | |
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Books | |
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| Author | Quotation |
John Dryden | Woman's honor is nice as ermine; it will not bear a soil. |
Senator Daniel Webster | When the spotless ermine of the judicial robe fell on John Jay, it touched nothing less spotless than itself. |
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| Title | Author | Quote |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | Mademoiselle Vaubois, perfect in her kind, was the ermine of stupidity without a single stain of intelligence. |
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| "Ermine" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 66.13% of the time. "Ermine" is used about 62 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (proper) | 66.13% | 41 | 53,521 |
| Noun (singular) | 30.65% | 19 | 80,337 |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 1.61% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 1.61% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 62 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
1. Ermine, KY |
Expressions using "ermine": ermine cloak ♦ ermine moth. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "ermine": ermine-edged, ermine-lined, ermine-trimmed. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
ermine | 84 |
brown ermine | 12 |
ermine lady | 7 |
ermine picture | 6 |
ermine summer | 5 |
ermine guard street | 3 |
animal ermine | 2 |
ermine ky | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "ermine"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | Herminë (stoat), Hermelinë, Gëzof Hermine. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | فرو القاقم, قاقم حيوان. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | Кралска 'ласт, Хермелин (Miniver), Съдийско Звание, Сибирска Белка. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | Hranostaj (stoat), Hermelín. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | aeblespindemoel (apple and cherry ermine moths, small ermine moth). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | appelspinselmot (apple and cherry ermine moths, small ermine moth). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | پوست قاقم , خزقاقم . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | kärppä (stoat), kärpännahka. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | Hermine. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Hermelin (Miniver, stoat). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | Ικτίσ, Ερμελίνειοσ, Ερμίνα "ούνα, Ερμίνα (Miniver). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | ַול" ִרים. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | Hermelin (minever, miniver, stoat). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | Ermellino (stoat). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 鼬 (mink, skunk, weasel). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | いたち (mink, skunk, weasel). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | ermyn, assag rangagh. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Norwegian | røyskatt, hermelin. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ermineay Erístico. (various references) Herminã, Blanã De Herminã. (various references) Мех "орностая (Miniver), "орностай. (various references) hermelin (minever, miniver). (various references) Armiño (stoat). (various references) Hermelin (stoat). (various references) สัตว์เลี้ยงลูก"้วยนมขนา"เล็กชนิ"หนึ่ง, ขนสีขาวของตัว ermine ซึ่งเคยเป็นสัญลักษ"์ของความร่ำรวย หรูหรา สูงส่ง. (various references) Ermin, As Kürkü, As (Ace, crack, stoat). (various references) "орностай. (various references) carlwm (stoat). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "ermine": ermined, ermines. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "ermine": countermine, determine, extermine, overmine, predetermine, redetermine, spermine, undermine. (additional references) | |
Words containing "ermine": countermined, countermines, determined, determinedly, determinedness, determinednesses, determiner, determiners, determines, extermined, extermines, overdetermined, overmined, overmines, predetermined, predeterminer, predeterminers, predetermines, redetermined, redetermines, spermines, undermined, undermines, undetermined. (additional references) | |
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"Ermine" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Ayreminne, Elmina, emie, emin, Emina, emince, emine, emmonbee, emrine, erbine, Ergife, erine, erkin, ermant, erminet, ermini, Ermione, ermite, Ernani, eroine, errine, ersine, erwinia, eurmine, nemine, nerine, o'mine, remane, vermine. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "ermine" (pronounced er"mun) |
| 4 | er" m u n | determine, Firman, german, predetermine, sermon. |
| 3 | -m u n | abdomen, acumen, adman, admen, airman, albumin, alderman, antihistamine, Ashman, assemblywoman, backgammon, backwoodsman, Badman, bagman, barman, baseman, bayman, bellman, Benjamin, bitumen, Boardman, boatman, bookman, Bowman, bowmen, brakeman, bushman, businesswoman, cameraman, Carman, Carmen, carmine, cattlemen, Cayman, chairman, chairwoman, Chapman, chessman, chrismon, churchman, churchmen, cinnamon, clergyman, coachman, cochairman, committeeman, common, congressman, congresswoman, corpsman, councilman, councilwoman, councilwomen, countryman, cowman, craftsman, craftsmen, crewman, daemon, dairymen, Daman, demon, desman, Dolman, draftsman, draftsmen, dromon, dustman, Dutchman, Everyman, examine, famine, ferryman, fireman, firemen, footman, foramen, foreman, foremen, forewoman, Freedman, Freeman, freshman, gammon, gentleman, gentlewoman, gentlewomen, Goodman, gunman, hangman, headman, headsman, henchman, henchmen, Herdman, Hetman, horseman, horsemen, houseman, human, huntsman, hymen, illumine, infantryman, inhuman, jasmine, Kirkman, Landman, landsman, lawman, layman, laymen, Leman, lemon, Letterman, Liman, Lineman, linemen, lobsterman, longshoremen, lumen, madmen, marksman, messman, midshipman, newswoman, newswomen, nobleman, noblewoman, nonhuman, nurserymen, oarsman, ombudsman, omen, ottoman, Outman, overman, Packman, Penman, pitchman, Pitman, Plowman, policeman, policewoman, postman, pressman, Pullman, ragmen, reexamine, regimen, rifleman, Rodman, roman, rumen, salarymen, salesman, saleswoman, saleswomen, salmon, seaman, seamen, seedsman, semen, shaman, Shipman, showman, Spearman, specimen, spokesman, spokeswoman, sportsman, statesman, Stillman, Stockman, subhuman, summon, superhuman, superwoman, talisman, Telamon, thiamin, timberman, Titman, Toman, townsman, tradesmen, trainmen, uncommon, vitamin, watchman, Waterman, watermen, wingman, wireman, woman, women, Woodman, woodsmen, Woolman, workman, yachtsman, yeoman. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-e-i-m-n-r" | |
-1 letter: miner. | |
-2 letters: emir, erne, mere, mien, mine, mire, neem, rein, rime. | |
-3 letters: eme, ere, ern, ire, men, mir, nee, nim, ree, rei, rem, rim, rin. | |
-4 letters: em, en, er, in, me, mi, ne, re. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-e-i-m-n-r" | |
+1 letter: ermined, ermines, firemen, regimen, wiremen. | |
+2 letters: antimere, domineer, emerging, emersion, endermic, examiner, immenser, lemurine, meringue, metering, meuniere, mijnheer, misenter, mutineer, overmine, perineum, regimens, regiment, reinsmen, relumine, remained, reminded, reminder, reminted, reremind, riflemen, spermine, theremin, vomerine. | |
+3 letters: antimeres, degerming, demerging, deperming, determine, detriment, domineers, emersions, examiners, extermine, fishermen, germanize, germinate, greenmail, impregned, increment, intermale, interment, intermesh, interterm, inurement, liverymen, madrilene, menagerie, mentioner, meringues, merocrine, merriment, merriness, mijnheers, minelayer, misenters, misrender, modernise, modernize, moistener, monkeries, mutineers, nemertine, netminder, overmined, overmines, pimpernel, primeness, reanimate, recombine, redeeming, reexamine, regiments, rehemming, reimagine, relumined, relumines, remainder, remedying, remeeting, remelting, remending, remerging, reminders, reminisce, remitment, remittent, remoisten, repairmen, rereminds, reteaming, sermonize, spermines, tempering, tenebrism, terminate, theremins, tillermen, timbermen, tribesmen, undermine, unmerited, unmitered, venireman, veniremen, winemaker. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)45 72 6D 69 6E 65 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references). .-. -- .. -. . |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000101 01110010 01101101 01101001 01101110 01100101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)E r m i n e |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0045 0072 006D 0069 006E 0065 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)398479758071 |
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