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)

  1. mammoth

Derived terms

Further reading

& “mamut” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Czech

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Pronunciation

Noun

mamut m anim

  1. mammoth

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

  • mamut”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
  • mamut”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

Finnish

Noun

mamut

  1. nominative plural of mamu

Anagrams

Galician

Noun

mamut m (plural mamuts)

  1. mammoth

Further reading

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 (, 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)

  1. mammoth (Mammuthus)

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative mamut mamutok
accusative mamutot mamutokat
dative mamutnak mamutoknak
instrumental mamuttal mamutokkal
causal-final mamutért mamutokért
translative mamuttá mamutokká
terminative mamutig mamutokig
essive-formal mamutként mamutokként
essive-modal
inessive mamutban mamutokban
superessive mamuton mamutokon
adessive mamutnál mamutoknál
illative mamutba mamutokba
sublative mamutra mamutokra
allative mamuthoz mamutokhoz
elative mamutból mamutokból
delative mamutról mamutokról
ablative mamuttól mamutoktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular
mamuté mamutoké
non-attributive
possessive - plural
mamutéi mamutokéi
Possessive forms of mamut
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. mamutom mamutjaim
2nd person sing. mamutod mamutjaid
3rd person sing. mamutja mamutjai
1st person plural mamutunk mamutjaink
2nd person plural mamutotok mamutjaitok
3rd person plural mamutjuk mamutjaik

Derived terms

Expressions

Further reading

  • (superseded spelling) mammut in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

Polish

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mamut

Etymology

Internationalism; compare English mammoth, French mammouth, German Mammut, ultimately from Russian ма́монт (mámont).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈma.mut/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -amut
  • Syllabification: ma‧mut

Noun

mamut m animal (related adjective mamuci or mamutowy)

  1. (paleontology) mammoth (any elephant-like mammal of the genus Mammuthus)
  2. (figurative) mammoth (something very large of its kind)
    Synonym: olbrzym
  3. variety of the yellow mung bean with wide pods
  4. (colloquial) ski flying ski jumping hill
    Synonym: skocznia mamucia
  5. (figurative, humorous) dinosaur (person who has been active longer than their peers, especially an artist)
    Synonyms: dinozaur, mastodont, weteran
  6. (figurative, derogatory) dinosaur (old-fashioned person)
    Synonyms: dinozaur, mastodont

Declension

Derived terms

nouns

Descendants

  • Kashubian: mamùt

Further reading

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

Romanian

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Etymology

Borrowed from French mammouth, from Russian ма́монт (mámont, mammoth), from Uralic.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /maˈmut/
  • Hyphenation: ma‧mut

Noun

mamut m (plural mamuți)

  1. mammoth

Declension

singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative mamut mamutul mamuți mamuții
genitive-dative mamut mamutului mamuți mamuților
vocative mamutule mamuților

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian ма́монт (mámont).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mǎmut/
  • Hyphenation: ma‧mut

Noun

màmut m (Cyrillic spelling ма̀мут)

  1. mammoth (elephant-like mammal)

Declension

Slovene

Etymology

From Russian ма́монт (mámont).

Pronunciation

Noun

mȃmut m anim

  1. mammoth

Inflection

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.
Masculine anim., hard o-stem
nom. sing. mámut
gen. sing. mámuta
singular dual plural
nominative
(imenovȃlnik)
mámut mámuta mámuti
genitive
(rodȋlnik)
mámuta mámutov mámutov
dative
(dajȃlnik)
mámutu mámutoma mámutom
accusative
(tožȋlnik)
mámuta mámuta mámute
locative
(mẹ̑stnik)
mámutu mámutih mámutih
instrumental
(orọ̑dnik)
mámutom mámutoma mámuti

Further reading

  • mamut”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2024

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from French mammouth, from Russian ма́монт (mámont, mammoth). More at mammoth.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /maˈmut/
  • Rhymes: -ut
  • Syllabification: ma‧mut

Noun

mamut m (plural mamuts)

  1. mammoth (animal)

Derived terms

Further reading

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)

  1. mammoth (animal)

Declension

Inflection
Nominative mamut
Definite accusative mamutu
Singular Plural
Nominative mamut mamutlar
Definite accusative mamutu mamutları
Dative mamuta mamutlara
Locative mamutta mamutlarda
Ablative mamuttan mamutlardan
Genitive mamutun mamutların