walrus

Signification (Anglais)

Noun

1. A large Arctic marine mammal related to seals and having long tusks, tough, wrinkled skin, and four flippers, Odobenus rosmarus.
2. (derogatory, informal, sometimes) A man with a walrus moustache.

Verb

1. To hunt walruses
2. To be like a walrus
3. To be like a walrus
4. To be like a walrus

Concepts

morse

Synonymes

sea horse

seahorse

sea cow

sea elephant

Morse

sea-horse

Traductions

morsa

Walross

tricheco

walrus

morsa

morsa

mors

Odobenus rosmarus

Walroß

θαλάσσιος ίππος

Odobaenus rosmarus

Odobenus rosmarus

Odobenus

الفظّ

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈwɔːl.ɹəs/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Appartenant à ancien anglais: horshwæl

Appartenant à danois: hvalros

Appartenant à vieux norrois: hrosshvalr

Appartenant à allemand: Walross

In summary

Probably borrowed from Dutch walrus, a compound of wal (“whale”) and ros (“horse”). Displaced native Old English horshwæl (literally “horse-whale”). Compare similar constructions in Danish hvalros, Old Norse hrosshvalr, and German Walross.