mammouth
French
Alternative forms
- mammout
Etymology
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
- boule de mammouth
- couille de mammouth
- dégraisser le mammouth
- mammouth laineux
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.