tatou

From Old Tupi tatu (“armadillo”), possibly via French. Compare tatouay.

tatou (plural tatous)

1. The giant armadillo (Priodontes maximus)

• outta, tauto-

• tattou (obsolete)

Borrowed from Old Tupi tatu.

• IPA^(key): /ta.tu/

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tatou m (plural tatous)

1. armadillo

   Synonym: cachicame

   Hypernyms: édenté, xénarthre

   Hyponyms: tatou à neuf bandes, tatou géant

• → Breton: tatou
• → English: tatou
• → Hungarian: tatu
• → Romanian: tatu

• “tatou”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
• “tatou” in Émile Littré, Dictionnaire de la langue française, 1872–1877.

• Tautou

• atout

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tatou

1. First person plural inclusive

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