marmot

Signification (Anglais)

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

Concepts

marmotte

marmot

marmotte des Alpes

siffleux

Synonymes

woodchuck

groundhog

chuck

whistler

caleopterus volans

flying sguirrel

colugo

flying lemur

Traductions

Murmeltier

marmot

marmotta

marmota

marmota

marmota

muret

dağ sıçanı

Marmota

marmòta

μαρμότα

Marmota marmota

αρμότες

Marmota caligata

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈmɑː.mət/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Appartenant à romanche: murmont

Appartenant à ancien haut allemand: muremunto

Appartenant à allemand: 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).