marmotte

See also: marmotté

French

marmotte

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maʁ.mɔt/

Noun

marmotte f (plural marmottes)

1. marmot (rodent of the genus Marmota)
2. (figuratively) person who sleeps a lot
3. female equivalent of marmot (“kid, brat”)

Descendants

• → Catalan: marmota
• → Dutch: marmot
• → Italian: marmotta
  • → Mòcheno: marmota
• → Kashubian: mërmòt
• → Korean: 마르모트 (mareumoteu)
• → Portuguese: marmota
• → Romanian: marmotă
• → Spanish: marmota

Further reading

• “marmotte”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Italian

Noun

marmotte f

1. plural of marmotta