marmotte

See also: marmotté

French

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /maʁ.mɔt/

Noun

marmotte f (plural marmottes)

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

Descendants

→ Catalan: marmota
→ Dutch: marmot
- Afrikaans: marmot
- → Caribbean Javanese: marmut
- → Indonesian: marmot
- → Japanese: モルモット (morumotto, “guinea pig”)
  - → Korean: 모르모트 (moreumoteu)
- → Papiamentu: marmòt
→ Italian: marmotta
- → Mòcheno: marmota
→ Japanese: マルモット (marumotto)
→ 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

plural of marmotta