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mamut
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See also: mamùt
Catalan
Etymology
Borrowed from French mammouth, from Russian ма́монт (mámont), from a Uralic language.
Pronunciation
Noun
mamut m (plural mamuts)
Derived terms
Further reading
& “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], 2007 April
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Czech
Pronunciation
Noun
mamut m anim
Declension
Declension of mamut (hard masculine animate)
Derived terms
adjectives
- mamutí
- mamutový
Further reading
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Finnish
Noun
mamut
- nominative plural of mamu
Anagrams
Galician
Noun
mamut m (plural mamuts)
Further reading
- “mamut”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
Hungarian
Alternative forms
Etymology
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.
Pronunciation
Noun
mamut (plural mamutok)
- mammoth (Mammuthus)
Declension
Derived terms
Expressions
Further reading
- (superseded spelling) mammut in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language]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.
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Polish
Etymology
Internationalism; compare English mammoth, French mammouth, German Mammut, ultimately from Russian ма́монт (mámont).
Pronunciation
Noun
mamut m animal (related adjective mamuci or mamutowy)
- (paleontology) mammoth (any elephant-like mammal of the genus Mammuthus)
- (figurative) mammoth (something very large of its kind)
- Synonym: olbrzym
- variety of the yellow mung bean with wide pods
- (colloquial) ski flying ski jumping hill
- Synonym: skocznia mamucia
- (figurative, humorous) dinosaur (person who has been active longer than their peers, especially an artist)
- (figurative, derogatory) dinosaur (old-fashioned person)
Declension
Declension of mamut
Derived terms
nouns
- mamutak
- mamutowiec
Descendants
- → Kashubian: mamùt
Further reading
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Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French mammouth, from Russian ма́монт (mámont, “mammoth”), from Uralic.
Pronunciation
Noun
mamut m (plural mamuți)
Declension
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Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
màmut m (Cyrillic spelling ма̀мут)
- mammoth (elephant-like mammal)
Declension
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Slovene
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
mȃmut m anim
Declension
| The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks. |
Further reading
- “mamut”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2025
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from French mammouth, from Russian ма́монт (mámont, “mammoth”). More at mammoth.
Pronunciation
Noun
mamut m (plural mamuts)
- mammoth (animal)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “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], 2024 December 10
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Turkish
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish ماموت (mamut), from French mammouth, from Russian ма́монт (mámont, “mammoth”), probably from a Uralic language.
Pronunciation
Noun
mamut (definite accusative mamutu, plural mamutlar)
- mammoth (animal)
Declension
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