English Explanatory Dictionary

marmot

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any of several large ground-dwelling rodents of the genera Marmota and Cynomys in the squirrel family.

Pronunciation

/ˈmɑː.mət/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-marmot.wav /ˈmɑɹ.mət/

Word forms

marmot marmots

Etymology

From Middle French marmote, from Old French marmotaine, marmontaine, murmontain, from Old Franco-Provençal marmotan, from Vulgar Latin *mures montani, the plural form of Latin mus monti (“mountain rat”); akin to Engadin Romansh murmont, Old High German muremunto (dialectal German Murmentel, standard Murmeltier).

Related words

groundhog woodchuck

Derived words

Alaska marmot alpine marmot black-capped marmot bobak marmot gray marmot Himalayan marmot hoary marmot long-tailed marmot marmot squirrel Menzbier's marmot olympic marmot prairie marmot tarbagan marmot Vancouver Island marmot Vancouver marmot whistling marmot yellow-bellied marmot
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