mouton

See also: Mouton

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French mouton (“sheep”). Doublet of mutton.

Noun

mouton (countable and uncountable, plural moutons)

1. (countable, historical) A 14th-century French gold coin, weighing about 70 grains.
2. Sheepskin processed to resemble beaver or seal fur.

   Synonym: beaver lamb

   • 1950, Fabric Facts, number 1, page 12:

     The knit constructions include the knit krimmers, the brushed knit fur prints, and knit mouton.

Related terms

• mouton enragé
• return to one's muttons

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French mouton, from Old French mouton, from Vulgar Latin moltō, from Gaulish *multon-, from Proto-Celtic *moltos.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mu.tɔ̃/

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Noun

mouton m (plural moutons)

1. sheep (animal)
2. mutton (meat)
3. (figuratively) lemming, sheep (someone who follows a crowd and succumbs to groupthink)
4. mouton (coin)
5. dust bunny

   Synonym: (Northern France) moumoute

Derived terms

• haricot de mouton
• mouton à cinq pattes
• mouton de Panurge
• mouton noir
• revenir à ses moutons
• saute-mouton

Descendants

• Haitian Creole: mouton
• Louisiana Creole: mouton
• Seychellois Creole: mouton
• → English: mouton
• >? Galician: motóa

See also

• bélier
• brebis

Further reading

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

Haitian Creole

Etymology

From French mouton (“sheep”), ultimately from Proto-Celtic *moltos.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mu.tɔ̃/

Noun

mouton

1. sheep

Louisiana Creole

Etymology

From French mouton (“sheep”), ultimately from Proto-Celtic *moltos.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mu.tɔ̃/

Noun

mouton

1. sheep

   faib comme ein mouton ― weak as a sheep

   troup mouton ― flock of sheep

   • 1998, Albert Valdman, “mouton”, in Albert Valdman, Kevin J. Rottet, Margaret M. Marshall, Thomas A. Klingler, editors, Dictionary of Louisiana Creole‎^[1], Indiana University Press, →ISBN, page 319:

     Mouton-la ap bele. Li pa konen trouve so moman.

     The sheep is bleating. It can't find its mother.

Derived terms

• dite mouton (“sheep tea, medicinal tea used for a fever”)

See also

• bè (“baa”)
• bele (“to bleat”)

References

• Albert Valdman (1998), “mouton”, in Albert Valdman; Kevin J. Rottet; Margaret M. Marshall; Thomas A. Klingler, editors, Dictionary of Louisiana Creole, Indiana University Press, →ISBN, page 319

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French mouton, Vulgar Latin moltō, from Gaulish *multon-, from Proto-Celtic *moltos.

Noun

mouton m (plural moutons)

1. sheep

Descendants

• French: mouton
  • Haitian Creole: mouton
  • Louisiana Creole: mouton
  • Seychellois Creole: mouton
  • → English: mouton
  • >? Galician: motóa

Norman

Etymology

From Old French mouton, from Vulgar Latin moltō, from Gaulish *multon-, from Proto-Celtic *moltos.

Noun

mouton m (plural moutons)

1. (Jersey) sheep
2. (Jersey) mutton
3. (Jersey) battering ram

Derived terms

• hèrbe à moutons (“sheep's fescue”)
• trêfl'ye à moutons (“black medic”)

Old French

Alternative forms

• moton, multon, multum, mutun, multun

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin moltō, from Gaulish *multon-, from Proto-Celtic *moltos.

Noun

mouton oblique singular, m (oblique plural moutons, nominative singular moutons, nominative plural mouton)

1. sheep (animal)
2. mutton (meat)

Descendants

• Middle French: mouton
  • French: mouton
    • Haitian Creole: mouton
    • Louisiana Creole: mouton
    • Seychellois Creole: mouton
    • → English: mouton
    • >? Galician: motóa
• Norman: mouton
• Walloon: moton
• → Middle English: motoun, moton, motun, moten, mutoun, motone, mutton, motton, motene
  • English: mutton
  • Scots: mutton
  • Yola: muthon, mothoon

Seychellois Creole

Etymology

From French mouton, ultimately from Proto-Celtic *moltos.

Noun

mouton

1. sheep

References

• Danielle D’Offay et Guy Lionnet, Diksyonner Kreol - Franse / Dictionnaire Créole Seychellois - Français