Masculine
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mouton

Meaning

  1. (masculine) sheep (animal)
  2. (masculine) mutton (meat)
  3. (figuratively, masculine) lemming, sheep (someone who follows a crowd and succumbs to groupthink)
  4. (masculine) mouton (coin)
  5. (masculine) dust bunny

Frequency

C1
Pronounced as (IPA)
/mu.tɔ̃/
Etymology

In summary

Inherited from Middle French mouton, from Old French mouton, from Vulgar Latin moltō, from Gaulish *multon-, from Proto-Celtic *moltos.

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