moose

Signification (Anglais)

1. The largest member of the deer family (Alces americanus, sometimes included in Alces alces), of which the male has very large, palmate antlers.
2. Any of the extinct moose-like deer of the genera Cervalces and Libralces.
3. (colloquial, derogatory, figuratively) An ugly person.

Concepts

élan

orignal

🫎

wapiti

elan

Wapiti

alces alces

elk

cerf

🦌

orignal

🫎

élan d’Europe

Synonymes

elk

elk

Alces alces

European elk

fawn

red deer

venison

gaselle

alces

european elks

Alces

antelope

lower leg on caribou

deer

🦌

elks

fat

Traductions

Elch

🫎

alce

Alces alces

eland

alce

alce

alces

موظ

🫎

ant

άλκη

grã-besta

Elen

🫎

Alces

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/muːs/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Appartenant à Narragansett: moos

Appartenant à Eastern Abnaki: mos

Appartenant à Western Abnaki: moz

Appartenant à Wampanoag: moos-u

In summary

Earlier mus, moos, from an Eastern Algonquian language name for the animal, such as Massachusett moos, mws, Narragansett moos or Penobscot mos (cognate to Abenaki moz), from Proto-Algonquian *mo·swa (“it strips”), referring to how a moose strips tree bark when feeding: compare Massachusett moos-u (“he strips, cuts smooth”).