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marmot
- /ˈmɑː.mət/ UK
- /ˈmɑɹ.mət/ US
Rhymes with -ɑɹmət
Where it comes from
From Middle French marmotte, from Old French marmotte; further etymology uncertain, possibly from a Gallo-Romance base *marm- (“to mumble; to murmur”) (referring to the sound made by the marmot when eating; possibly related to Proto-Indo-European *mur- (whence murmur) and ultimately imitative; compare also French marmot and marmonner) + Middle French -otte (diminutive suffix). Akin to French marmotte, Italian marmotta, Engadin Romansh murmont, Old High German *murmento (dialectal German Murmentel, standard Murmeltier); see also Latin mūs montānus (literally “mountain rat”).
noun marmots
- Any of several large ground-dwelling rodents of the genera Marmota and Cynomys in the squirrel family.
Translations
Every language
noun rodent of the genera Marmota
| Español | marmota |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 마멋 mameot |
| 日本語 | マーモット māmotto |
| 中文 | 旱獺 /旱獭 hàntǎ, 土撥鼠 /土拨鼠 tǔbōshǔ |
| हिन्दी | फीया phīyā, मारमोट mārmoṭ |
| Português | marmota |
| Français | marmotte |
| Deutsch | Murmeltier |
| Italiano | marmotta |
| Ελληνικά | μαρμότα marmóta |
| Română | marmotă |
| Русский | суро́к surók, байба́к bajbák |
| Tiếng Việt | macmôt, mác-mốt |
| العربية | مَرْمُوط marmūṭ |
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title = {marmot},
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