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How to pronounce “ermine”

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Pronunciation guide for ermine

Learning goal
Practice the English pronunciation of ermine with real speech in context.
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Real speech example
Luke Syson: How I learned to stop worrying and love "useless" art 13 minutes, 11 secondsof the "Lady with an Ermine."
Definition summary
A weasel found in northern latitudes (Mustela erminea in Eurasia, Alaska, and the Arctic, Mustela haidarum in Haida Gwaii, Mustela richardsonii in the rest of North America); its dark brown fur turns white in winter, apart from the black tip of the tail.

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How to pronounce ermine

Luke Syson: How I learned to stop worrying and love "useless" art 13 minutes, 11 seconds

of the "Lady with an Ermine."

Example Sentences

A Deep Dive Into “ermine”

Meaning

  • [Noun]
  • A weasel found in northern latitudes (Mustela erminea in Eurasia, Alaska, and the Arctic, Mustela haidarum in Haida Gwaii, Mustela richardsonii in the rest of North America); its dark brown fur turns white in winter, apart from the black tip of the tail.
  • The white fur of this animal, traditionally seen as a symbol of purity and used for judges' robes.
  • (by extension, figuratively) The office of a judge.
  • (heraldry) The fur of this animal, used as a heraldic tincture: a white field with a repeating pattern of stylized black spots.
  • Any of various moths, especially in the family Yponomeutidae
  • [Adjective]
  • (heraldry) In blazon, of the colour ermine (white with black spots).
  • [Verb]
  • (transitive) To clothe with ermine.

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