opossum

From Powhatan aposoum (“white animal”), from Proto-Algonquian *wa·p-aʔθemwa (“white dog”); compare Ojibwe waabasim (“white dog”).

• (UK) IPA^(key): /əˈpɒsəm/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• (US) enPR: ə-päsʹəm, IPA^(key): /əˈpɑsəm/^[1][2][3] or in abbreviated form like possum, as /ˈpɑsəm/^[1][2]
• Hyphenation: o‧pos‧sum

opossum (plural opossums)

2. Any American marsupial of the family Didelphidae in the order Didelphimorphia.
3. Any of the marsupials in several families of the order Diprotodontia of Australia and neighboring islands.

• possum (US)

• → Catalan: opòssum
• → Finnish: opossumi
• → Irish: apasam
• → Welsh: oposwm

• yapok

• “opossum”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• Didelphidae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Didelphidae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Borrowed from English opossum, from Powhatan aposoum (“white animal”).

• IPA^(key): /oˈposːum/

opossum m (plural opossi)

1. opossum

• “opossum” in INFCOR: Banca di dati di a lingua corsa

Borrowed from English opossum, from Powhatan aposoum (“white animal”), from Proto-Algonquian *wa·p-aʔθemwa (“white dog”).

• IPA^(key): /ˌoːˈpɔ.sʏm/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: opos‧sum

opossum m (plural opossums, diminutive opossumpje n)

1. opossum, marsupial of the family Didelphidae

   Synonym: buidelrat

• IPA^(key): /ɔ.pɔ.sɔm/

• Audio:

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opossum m (plural opossums)

1. opossum

   Synonyms: sarigue; (Louisiana) rat de bois

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