mangouste

English

Etymology

French mangouste

Noun

mangouste (plural mangoustes)

1. (archaic) A mongoose.

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese mangusto, from Marathi मुंगूस (muṅgūs).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɑ̃.ɡust/

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Noun

une mangouste

mangouste f (plural mangoustes)

1. mongoose

Descendants

• → Dutch: mangoeste
• → Russian: мангу́ст (mangúst), мангу́ста (mangústa)
  • → Kazakh: мангуст (mañust)
• → Spanish: mangosta
  • → Catalan: mangosta

Noun

une mangouste

mangouste f (plural mangoustes)

1. mangosteen

Further reading

• “mangouste”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.