mamut

Borrowed from French mammouth, from Russian ма́монт (mámont), from a Uralic language.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [məˈmut]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [maˈmut]
• Rhymes: -ut

mamut m (plural mamuts)

1. mammoth

• mamut llanut

& “mamut”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

• IPA^(key): [ˈmamut]

mamut m anim

1. mammoth

• “mamut”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “mamut”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “mamut”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

mamut

1. nominative plural of mamu

• ammut, tumma

mamut m (plural mamuts)

1. mammoth

• “mamut”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025

• mammut (pre-1984)

From German Mammut, from French mammouth, from an Uralic language, such as Proto-Mansi *mē̮ŋ-ońt (“earth-horn”) (compare Northern Mansi ма̄ (mā, “earth”), а̄ньт (ānʹt, “horn”), see modern Northern Mansi ма̄хар (māhar)) or Khanty. Compare Proto-Uralic *mëxe (“earth”) (when the first remains were found, the local residents believed that it was an underground animal). Until 1984, it was spelled mammut.

• IPA^(key): [ˈmɒmut]
• Hyphenation: ma‧mut
• Rhymes: -ut

mamut (plural mamutok)

1. mammoth (Mammuthus)

• (superseded spelling) mammut in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.

Internationalism; compare English mammoth, French mammouth, German Mammut, ultimately from Russian ма́монт (mámont).

• IPA^(key): /ˈma.mut/

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• Rhymes: -amut
• Syllabification: ma‧mut

mamut m animal (related adjective mamuci or mamutowy)

1. (paleontology) mammoth (any elephant-like mammal of the genus Mammuthus)
2. (figurative) mammoth (something very large of its kind)

   Synonym: olbrzym

3. variety of the yellow mung bean with wide pods
4. (colloquial) ski flying ski jumping hill

   Synonym: skocznia mamucia

5. (figurative, humorous) dinosaur (person who has been active longer than their peers, especially an artist)

   Synonyms: dinozaur, mastodont, weteran

6. (figurative, derogatory) dinosaur (old-fashioned person)

   Synonyms: dinozaur, mastodont

• → Kashubian: mamùt

• mamut in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• mamut in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Borrowed from French mammouth, from Russian ма́монт (mámont, “mammoth”), from Uralic.

• IPA^(key): /maˈmut/
• Hyphenation: ma‧mut

mamut m (plural mamuți)

1. mammoth

Borrowed from Russian ма́монт (mámont).

• IPA^(key): /mǎmut/
• Hyphenation: ma‧mut

màmut m anim (Cyrillic spelling ма̀мут)

1. mammoth (elephant-like mammal)

From Russian ма́монт (mámont).

• IPA^(key): /máːmut/

mȃmut m anim

1. mammoth

• “mamut”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2025

Borrowed from French mammouth, from Russian ма́монт (mámont, “mammoth”). More at mammoth.

• IPA^(key): /maˈmut/ [maˈmut̪]
• Rhymes: -ut
• Syllabification: ma‧mut

mamut m (plural mamuts)

1. mammoth (animal)

• “mamut”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024

From Ottoman Turkish ماموت (mamut), from French mammouth, from Russian ма́монт (mámont, “mammoth”), probably from a Uralic language.

• IPA^(key): /maˈmut/

mamut (definite accusative mamutu, plural mamutlar)

1. mammoth (animal)