mutton

English

Etymology

Old French mouton (“sheep”), thought to be of Gaulish origin.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA: /ˈmʌ.ʔn̩/

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Noun

mutton (uncountable)

1. The flesh of sheep used as food.
2. (typography slang) Em, a unit of measurement equal to the height of the type in use.

Quotations

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Synonyms

• sheepflesh

Translations

the flesh of sheep used as food

Burmese: ဆိပ်သား (my) Chinese: Mandarin: 羊肉 (cmn) (yángròu) Min Nan: 羊肉 (iûⁿ-bah) Croatian: ovčetina (hr) f. Czech: skopové (cs) n. Dalmatian: carnual Esperanto: ŝafaĵo (eo) Estonian: lambaliha (et) Finnish: lammas (fi), lampaanliha (fi) French: mouton (fr) m. German: Schaffleisch (de) n., Hammel (de) m., Hammelfleisch (de) n., Schöpsenfleisch (de) n., Schöpserne (de) n. Icelandic: kindakjöt (is) n.

Irish: caoireoil (ga) f. Japanese: 羊肉 (ja) (ようにく, yōniku) Korean: 양고기 (ko) (yanggogi) Lithuanian: aviena f. Macedonian: овчо (mk) (óvčo) n. Polish: baranina (pl) f. Portuguese: carneiro (pt) m. Romanian: oaie (ro) f. Russian: баранина (ru) (baránina) f. Scottish Gaelic: feòil-chaorach f. Spanish: carnero (es) m. Swahili: nyama ya kondoo (sw) Volapük: jipamit (vo), hojipamit (vo)

Derived terms

• mutton bird
• mutton dressed as lamb

Adjective

mutton (not comparable)

1. (Cockney rhyming slang) deaf.

Synonyms

• Mutton Jeff

See also

• Wikipedia article on mutton