lemming

See also lèmming, and Lemming

English

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Etymology

From Norwegian, from Old Norse lomundr (“lemming”), perhaps from Sami luomek

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /lɛm.ɪŋ/
• Rhymes: -ɛmɪŋ

Noun

lemming (plural lemmings)

1. A small Arctic and Subarctic rodent from any of six genera of similar rodents.
2. (figuratively) Any member of a group given to conformity or groupthink, especially a group poised to follow a leader off a cliff.

Derived terms

• bog lemmings, Synaptomys spp.
• collared lemmings, Dicrostonyx spp.
• steppe lemming, Lagurus lagurus
• true lemmings, Lemmus spp.
• wood lemming, Myopus schisticolor
• yellow steppe lemmings, Eolagurus spp.

Translations

rodent

• Catalan: lèmming (ca) m
• Dutch: lemming (nl) m
• Estonian: lemming (et)
• Finnish: sopuli (fi)
• French: lemming (fr) m
• German: Lemming (de) m
• Icelandic: læmingi (is) m
• Inuktitut: ᐊᕕᙵᖅ
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: lemen (nb) n

  Nynorsk: lemen (nn) n

• Polish: leming (pl) m
• Portuguese: lêmingue (pt) m
• Romanian: leming (ro) m
• Russian: лемминг (ru) (l'émming) m, пеструшка (ru) (p'estrúška) f
• Spanish: lemming (es) m
• Swedish: lämmel (sv) c

member of a group given to conformity or groupthink

• Finnish: laumasielu (fi), sopuli (fi)

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Pronunciation

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Noun

lemming m (plural lemmingen or lemmings, diminutive lemminkje)

1. lemming (rodent)

Anagrams

• glimmen

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French

Wikipedia ^fr

Noun

lemming m (plural lemmings)

1. lemming

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Spanish

Noun

lemming m (plural lemmings)

1. lemming (rodent)