hérisser

== French == === Etymology === From Vulgar Latin *ericiare, from erīcius. === Pronunciation === (aspirated h) IPA(key): /e.ʁi.se/ === Verb === hérisser (of an animal) to bristle, ruffle (feathers, fur etc.) Joachim du Bellay, les regrets Je sens venir l'hiver, de qui la froide haleine / une tremblante horreur fait hérisser ma peau. to spike; to form spikes in (colloquial) to get somebody's back up ==== Conjugation ==== === Further reading === “hérisser”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012