weasel

belette

Petit animal carnivore au corps long et mince, aux pattes courtes et à la fourrure douce.

En anglais simple : A small meat-eating animal with a long thin body, short legs, and soft fur.

• A weasel ran across the path.
• Weasels hunt mice and other small animals.
• The farmer found a weasel near the chicken shed.

Expressions courantes : wild weasel, weasel fur, weasel hunts mice

fouine, sournois

Personne qui agit de façon malhonnête et à qui on ne peut pas faire confiance.

En anglais simple : A person who behaves dishonestly and cannot be trusted.

• That weasel lied to us.
• Don't trust him; he's a sneaky weasel.
• She called the man a weasel after he betrayed her.

Synonymes : rat, sneak

Expressions courantes : little weasel, sneaky weasel, lying weasel

belette d'Europe

La plus petite espèce de belette, au corps long et mince, généralement brun dessus et blanc dessous.

En anglais simple : The smallest kind of this long, thin hunting animal, usually brown above and white underneath.

• The least weasel hunts small rodents.
• This weasel weighs less than most other members of its family.
• Scientists studied the weasel population in the grassland.

Synonymes : least weasel, common weasel

Expressions courantes : least weasel, weasel population, weasel habitat