sarigue
English
Etymology
Borrowed from French sarigue.
Noun
sarigue (plural sarigues)
- A small South American opossum (Philander opossum) with four white spots on the face.
French
Etymology
From Old Tupi sariwé, sarigwé via Portuguese sariguê (standard Portuguese sarigueia).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sa.ʁiɡ/
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Noun
sarigue f (plural sarigues)
- opossum
- Synonyms: opossum; (Louisiana) rat de bois
Usage notes
Sarigue was historically masculine, but has been shifted to feminine in the twentieth century.
Descendants
- → Catalan: sariga
- → Italian: sariga
Further reading
- “sarigue”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.