fureter

fyʁte

furète, furètent, furètera

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Definition of fureter - Reverso French Dictionary

Verb

intr.

enquête discrètefouiller partout avec curiosité pour chercher quelque chose

Elle furète dans tous les tiroirs à la recherche de ses clés.

explorer

fouiner

nouvelleschercher activement à connaître les nouvelles et les secrets

Il furète toujours pour savoir ce qui se passe chez les voisins.

espionner

s'informer

internetnaviguer sur Internet pour explorer différents sites

Je furète sur le Web pendant des heures chaque soir.

explorer

naviguer

chasse

Dated

chasser les lapins en utilisant un furet

Dated

Au lever du jour, ils furetaient les lapins avec un furet.

foresterie

tr.

Rare

exploiter les plus gros brins dans un taillis

tr.

Rare

Dans le taillis, les bûcherons furetent pour exploiter les plus gros brins.

exploiter

prélever

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Origin of fureter

français, furet (animal) + suffixe -er (verbe)

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chasse

fureter pour chercher le gibier en parlant d'un chien

Examples of fureter in a sentence

Les enfants furètent dans le grenier à la recherche de trésors.
Elle aime fureter dans les journaux pour des scoops.
Les enfants furètent dans la maison à la recherche de surprises.
Elle aime fureter sur des forums spécialisés.
Nous avons passé la soirée à fureter sur Internet.
Ils furetaient à l’aube pour débusquer les lapins.

On utilise parfois un furet pour fureter dans les garennes.
Ils furetaient dans le taillis pour trouver les plus gros brins.
On leur demande de fureter uniquement les branches les plus robustes.

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English:rummage, nose around, ...
German:herumstöbern, herumspionieren, ...
Italian:frugare, ficcanasare, ...
Spanish:hurgar, husmear, ...
Portuguese:vasculhar, bisbilhotar, ...
Chinese:翻找, 打探, ...
Japanese:探し回る, 嗅ぎ回る, ...
Arabic:فتّش, تقصّى, ...
Hebrew:לְחַפֵּשׂ, לְחַטֵּט, ...
Russian:рыться, вынюхивать, ...
Ukrainian:нишпорити, винюхувати, ...
Catalan:furetejar, navegar, ...
Danish:rode rundt, snage, ...
Dutch:rondsnuffelen, snuffelen, ...
Greek:ψάχνω, ψάχνω διακριτικά, ...
Khmer:ឆែកឆេរគ្រប់កន្លែង, ស៊ើបសួរ, ...
Korean:뒤지다, 캐다, ...
Polish:grzebać, węszyć, ...
Portuguese (BR):vasculhar, bisbilhotar, ...
Romanian:a scotoci, a scormoni, ...
Swedish:rota, spionera, ...
Thai:รื้อค้น, สอดรู้สอดเห็น, ...
Turkish:karıştırmak, araştırmak, ...
Vietnamese:lục lọi, tò mò, ...

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