glutton

Signification (Anglais)

Adj

Gluttonous; greedy; gormandizing.

Noun

1. One who eats voraciously, obsessively, or to excess; a gormandizer.
2. (broadly) One who consumes anything voraciously, obsessively, or to excess.
3. (archaic) The wolverine, Gulo gulo.
4. (colloquial) A giant petrel.

Verb

1. (archaic) To glut; to satisfy (especially an appetite) by filling to capacity.
2. (obsolete) To glut; to eat voraciously.

Concepts

glouton

gourmand

goulu

carcajou

goinfre

🐖

ventre sans fond

glouton-ne

dégustateur

gulo gulo

gastronome

gourmet

bâfreur

boulimique

gloutonne

Synonymes

wolverine

greedy

gourmand

gormandizer

gluttonous

carcajou

greedy person

voracious

overeater

guzzler

epicure

cormorant

gourmet

great eater

big eater

ravenous

selfish

trencherman

great-eater

Gulo gulo

gourmandizer

skunk bear

thief

gluttonish

devourer

wolf

🐺

wolverene

connoisseur

avid

guttler

over-eater

gormandiser

avaricious

Wolverine

belly-god

Gulo

gorger

gastronome

epicurean

lickerish

drinker

foodious

belly-slave

Traductions

Vielfraß

glotón

ghiottone

Fresssack

comilón

mangione

pappone

tragón

obur

λαίμαργος

goloso

Fresser

Gulo gulo

αδηφάγος

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈɡlʌt(ə)n/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: glotoun

In summary

From Middle English glotoun, from Old French gloton, gluton, from Latin gluttō, gluttōnis (“glutton”).
The use for the wolverine is a semantic loan from German Vielfraß, itself a folk etymology for Old Norse *fjallfress (literally “mountain cat”). The popular belief that the wolverine is particularly voracious only developed because of this name. See the German for more.