marmot
English
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Marmota caligata
Etymology
From Middle French marmote, from Old French marmotaine, marmontaine, murmontain, from Old Franco-Provençal marmotan, from Vulgar Latin *mures montani, from Latin mus monti (“mountain rat”), from Classical Latin mus alpini; akin to Engadin Romansch murmont, Old High German muremunto (dialectal German Murmentel, standard Murmeltier).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmɑɹ.mət/
Audio (Berkshire, UK) (file) - Rhymes: -ɑɹmət
- Hyphenation: mar‧mot
Noun
marmot (plural marmots)
- Any of several large ground-dwelling rodents of the genera Marmota and Cynomys in the squirrel family.
Derived terms
marmot
- Alaska marmot
- alpine marmot
- black-capped marmot
- bobak marmot
- gray marmot
- Himalayan marmot
- hoary marmot
- long-tailed marmot
- marmot squirrel
- Menzbier's marmot
- olympic marmot
- prairie marmot
- tarbagan marmot
- Vancouver marmot
- yellow-bellied marmot
Descendants
- → Japanese: マーモット (māmotto)
- → Korean: 마멋 (mameot)
- → Thai: มาร์มอต (maa-mɔ́t)
Translations
rodent of the genera Marmota
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See also
- groundhog
- woodchuck
Further reading
marmot on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from French marmotte. Possibly related to Middle Dutch marmotte (“goblin, kobold”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mɑrˈmɔt/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: mar‧mot
- Rhymes: -ɔt
Noun
marmot f (plural marmotten)
- marmot, rodent of the genus Marmota
Derived terms
- alpenmarmot
- bosmarmot
- marmottenslaap
Descendants
- Afrikaans: marmot
- → Caribbean Javanese: marmut
- → Indonesian: marmot
- → Japanese: モルモット
- → Papiamentu: marmòt
French
Etymology
Probably from marmotter.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /maʁ.mo/
Noun
marmot m (plural marmots, feminine marmotte)
- (archaic) an architectural grotesque, especially a door knocker
- (colloquial) kid, brat
- 2015 [2004], Stéphane Dompierre, Un petit pas pour l'homme, →ISBN, page 171:
- — C’est bon. Et en lui posant des questions sur elle, tu finis par apprendre qu’elle a un marmot. Tu fais quoi ?
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Derived terms
- croquer le marmot
- marmaille
Descendants
- → Italian: marmaglia, marmocchio
Further reading
- “marmot”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Norman
Etymology
Borrowed from French marmot.
Noun
marmot m (plural marmots)
- (Jersey) brat