marmot

Betekenis (Engels)

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

Concepten

marmot

mormeldier

murmelen

Synoniemen

woodchuck

groundhog

chuck

whistler

caleopterus volans

flying sguirrel

colugo

flying lemur

Vertalingen

marmotte

Murmeltier

marmota

marmotta

marmota

marmota

Marmota

marmòta

muret

dağ sıçanı

μαρμότα

αρμότες

marmot

Marmota marmota

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/ˈmɑː.mət/

Etymologie (Engels)

Verwant aan Reto-Romaans: murmont

Verwant aan Oudhoogduits: muremunto

Verwant aan 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).