mouflon
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A mouflon
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from French mouflon, from Italian muflone. From 1765–1775.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈmuːf.lɒn/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - (US) IPA(key): /ˈmuːf.lɑːn/
- Rhymes: -uːflɒn, -uːflɑːn
Noun
mouflon (plural mouflons)
- A species of wild sheep, Ovis orientalis musimon, syn. Ovis aries musimon, endemic to Sardinia and Corsica.
- 2018, Tim Flannery, Europe: A Natural History, page 237:
- One of the most modified domesticates is the sheep, the various breeds of which bear little resemblance to its wild ancestor, the mouflon.
Translations
sheep
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Anagrams
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian muflone.
Pronunciation
Audio: (file)
Noun
mouflon m (plural mouflons)
Descendants
Further reading
- “mouflon”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.