noun, masculine/e.ky.ʁœj/plural: écureuils
squirrel
Related: écureuil d'Eurasie, écureuil gris, écureuil occidental, écureuil roux
Inherited from Middle French escureul, escuirel, escurel, from Old French escurel from Late Latin *scūriolus, diminutive of *scūrius, variant of Classical Latin sciūrus, from Ancient Greek σκίουρος (skíouros).