mutton

Meaning

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) The meat of sheep used as food.
2. (countable, uncountable) The meat of a goat, urial, or other caprine.
3. (archaic, countable, uncountable) A sheep.
4. (countable, slang, uncountable) Em, a unit of measurement equal to the height of the type in use.
5. (countable, obsolete, slang, uncountable) A prostitute.
6. (countable, historical, uncountable) An old Anglo-French gold coin impressed with the image of a lamb.

Adj

deaf.

Synonyms

lamb

🐑

sheep

🐑

mouton

ram

🐏

sheepmeat

wether

goat-meat

sheep meat

leg of lamb

Aries

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longwool

baa-lamb

flesh

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Translations

mouton

🐑

Hammelfleisch

carnero

🐑

Schaffleisch

carne di montone

carne de carnero

montone

🐏

carne de carneiro

schapevlees

Hammel

carne di pecora

carneiro

🐏

castrato

Schöpsenfleisch

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈmʌtn̩/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: motoun

In summary

From Middle English motoun, moton, from Old French mouton (“sheep”), from Vulgar Latin moltō, from Gaulish *multon-, from Proto-Celtic *moltos (“ram, wether”). Doublet of mouton.