marmot

Betekenis (Engels)

Any of several large ground-dwelling rodents of the genera Marmota and Cynomys in the squirrel family.

Sinonieme

woodchuck

groundhog

chuck

whistler

caleopterus volans

flying sguirrel

colugo

flying lemur

Vertalings

marmotte

Murmeltier

marmot

marmotta

marmota

marmota

marmota

dağ sıçanı

Marmota

marmòta

muret

μαρμότα

αρμότες

marmot

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ˈmɑː.mət/

Etimologie (Engels)

Verwante met Reto-Romaans: murmont

Verwante met Old High German: muremunto

Verwante met Duits: Murmentel

In summary

From Middle French marmote, from Old French marmotaine, marmontaine, murmontain, from Old Franco-Provençal marmotan, from Vulgar Latin *mures montani, the plural form of Latin mus monti (“mountain rat”); akin to Engadin Romansch murmont, Old High German muremunto (dialectal German Murmentel, standard Murmeltier).