mammouth

French

Alternative forms

mammout

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian ма́монт (mámont), from Uralic.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ma.mut/
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Noun

mammouth m (plural mammouths)

mammoth (extinct elephant-like mammal)
Hyponym: mastodonte
(figuratively) mammoth (something very large)
Synonym: mastodonte

Derived terms

Descendants

→ German: Mammut
- → Hungarian: mamut
→ Portuguese: mamute
→ Spanish: mamut
→ Persian: ماموت (mâmut)
→ Italian: mammut
→ Romanian: mamut
→ Turkish: mamut
→ Vietnamese: ma mút

Further reading

“mammouth”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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