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)

1. mammoth (extinct elephant-like mammal)

   Hyponym: mastodonte

2. (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.