mangouste

English

Etymology

From French mangouste.

Noun

mangouste (plural mangoustes)

1. (archaic) A mongoose.

French

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

une mangouste

• IPA^(key): /mɑ̃.ɡust/

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Noun

mangouste f (plural mangoustes)

1. mongoose

Descendants

• → Dutch: mangoeste
• → Italian: mangusta
• → Polish: mangusta
  • → Kashubian: mangùsta
  • → Lithuanian: mangusta
• → Romanian: mangustă
• → 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