mastodont

mastodont (plural mastodonts)

1. Alternative form of mastodon.

Borrowed from French mastodonte.

• IPA^(key): (Central) [məs.tuˈðɔn]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [məs.toˈðɔnt]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [mas.toˈðɔnt]

mastodont m (plural mastodonts)

1. mastodon

• “mastodont”, 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

From Ancient Greek μαστός (mastós) + ὀδόντος (odóntos).

mastodont c (singular definite mastodonten, plural indefinite mastodonter)

1. a mastodon (extinct elephant-like mammal) Mammutidae
2. (derogatory) a mastodon, a mammoth (something huge)

   Synonym: kolos

• mastodontisk

• “mastodont” in Den Danske Ordbog

Borrowed from French mastodonte.

• IPA^(key): /ˌmɑs.toːˈdɔnt/

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• Hyphenation: mas‧to‧dont
• Rhymes: -ɔnt

mastodont m (plural mastodonten, diminutive mastodontje n)

1. mastodon, mammal of the family Mammutidae, especially of the genus Mammut [from 1807]
   • 1807 April 3, “Wetenschappen, letteren en kunsten”, in Koninklijke courant, number 80, page 3:

     Het is deze laatſte bijzonderheid, die uitgedrukt wordt door den geſlachtsnaam van Mastodonten, of dieren met borst-voerende tanden, welken de Heer Cuvier hun gegeven heeft.

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2. someone or something of enormous size

Internationalism; compare English mastodon, French mastodonte, German Mastodon, ultimately from New Latin mastodon, from Ancient Greek μαστός (mastós) + ὀδούς (odoús).

• IPA^(key): /masˈtɔ.dɔnt/

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• Rhymes: -ɔdɔnt
• Syllabification: mas‧to‧dont

mastodont m animal (related adjective mastodontowy)

1. (paleontology) mastodon (any elephant-like mammal of the genus Mammut)
2. (figurative) colossus (creature or thing of gigantic size)

   Synonyms: kolos, olbrzym

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

   Synonyms: dinozaur, mamut, weteran

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

   Synonyms: dinozaur, mamut

5. (figurative, derogatory) something that has an outdated design or organization

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

Borrowed from French mastodonte.

mastodont m (plural mastodonți)

1. mastodon

From New Latin mastodon.

• IPA^(key): /mastǒdont/
• Hyphenation: mas‧to‧dont

mastòdont m anim (Cyrillic spelling масто̀донт)

1. mastodon

• “mastodont”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

mastodont c

1. a mastodon (extinct elephant-like mammal)
2. (figuratively) a mastodon, a mammoth (something huge)

• mastodontfilm (“epic film”)

• mastodontisk

• mastodont in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• mastodont in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• mastodont in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)