weasel C2 Topic:Animals US /ˈwizəl/ UK /ˈwiːz(ə)l/ See IPA manual Freq #9536 Meanings 1 noun a small slender carnivorous mammal of the genus Mustela or a related genus A weasel slipped through a gap in the stone wall. Thesaurus Word family Derived forms iceweaselweasel-facedweasel-likeweasellyweasely Related forms ferretminkpolecatstoat Etymology From Middle English wesele, from Old English weosule, from Proto-West Germanic *wisulā, from Proto-Germanic *wisulǭ. The verb is from c. 1900, from the supposed cunningness of the weasel. Topics Animals External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # weasel **Type:** Word **Level:** C2 **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /ˈwizəl/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈwiːz(ə)l/ **Frequency rank:** 9536 ## Meanings 1. a small slender carnivorous mammal of the genus Mustela or a related genus ## Examples - A weasel slipped through a gap in the stone wall. ## Derived Forms - iceweasel - weasel-faced - weasel-like - weaselly - weasely ## Related Forms - ferret - mink - polecat - stoat ## Etymology From Middle English wesele, from Old English weosule, from Proto-West Germanic *wisulā, from Proto-Germanic *wisulǭ. The verb is from c. 1900, from the supposed cunningness of the weasel. ## Topics - Animals markdown