mouton
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from French mouton (“sheep”). Doublet of mutton.
Noun
[edit]mouton (countable and uncountable, plural moutons)
- (countable, historical) A 14th-century French gold coin, weighing about 70 grains.
- 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
[edit]Franco-Provençal
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Vulgar Latin moltō.
Noun
[edit]mouton m (plural moutons) (ORB, broad)
References
[edit]- mouton in DicoFranPro: Dictionnaire Français/Francoprovençal – on dicofranpro.llm.umontreal.ca
- mouton in Lo trèsor Arpitan – on arpitan.eu
French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Middle French mouton, from Old French mouton, from Vulgar Latin moltō, from Gaulish *multon-, from Proto-Celtic *moltos.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]mouton m (plural moutons)
- sheep (animal)
- mutton (meat)
- (figuratively) lemming, sheep (someone who follows a crowd and succumbs to groupthink)
- mouton (coin)
- dust bunny
- Synonym: (Northern France) moumoute
Derived terms
[edit]- haricot de mouton
- mouton à cinq pattes
- mouton de Panurge
- mouton noir
- revenir à ses moutons
- saute-mouton
Descendants
[edit]- Haitian Creole: mouton
- Louisiana Creole: mouton
- Seychellois Creole: mouton
- → English: mouton
- >? Galician: motóa
See also
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “mouton”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Haitian Creole
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From French mouton (“sheep”), ultimately from Proto-Celtic *moltos.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]mouton
Louisiana Creole
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From French mouton (“sheep”), ultimately from Proto-Celtic *moltos.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]mouton
- sheep
- faib comme ein mouton ― weak as a sheep
- troup mouton ― flock of sheep
Derived terms
[edit]- dite mouton (“sheep tea, medicinal tea used for a fever”)
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- Albert Valdman (1998) “mouton”, in Albert Valdman, Kevin J. Rottet, Margaret M. Marshall, Thomas A. Klingler, editors, Dictionary of Louisiana Creole[2], Indiana University Press, →ISBN, page 319
Middle French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old French mouton, Vulgar Latin moltō, from Gaulish *multon-, from Proto-Celtic *moltos.
Noun
[edit]mouton m (plural moutons)
Descendants
[edit]- French: mouton
Norman
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old French mouton, from Vulgar Latin moltō, from Gaulish *multon-, from Proto-Celtic *moltos.
Noun
[edit]mouton m (plural moutons)
Derived terms
[edit]- hèrbe à moutons (“sheep's fescue”)
- trêfl'ye à moutons (“black medic”)
Old French
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Vulgar Latin moltō, from Gaulish *multon-, from Proto-Celtic *moltos.
Noun
[edit]mouton oblique singular, m (oblique plural moutons, nominative singular moutons, nominative plural mouton)
Descendants
[edit]- Middle French: mouton
- Norman: mouton
- Walloon: moton
- → Middle English: motoun, moton, motun, moten, mutoun, motone, mutton, motton, motene
Seychellois Creole
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From French mouton, ultimately from Proto-Celtic *moltos.
Noun
[edit]mouton
References
[edit]- Danielle D’Offay et Guy Lionnet, Diksyonner Kreol - Franse / Dictionnaire Créole Seychellois - Français
- English terms borrowed from French
- English terms derived from French
- English doublets
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English countable nouns
- English terms with historical senses
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- Franco-Provençal terms inherited from Vulgar Latin
- Franco-Provençal terms derived from Vulgar Latin
- Franco-Provençal lemmas
- Franco-Provençal nouns
- Franco-Provençal countable nouns
- Franco-Provençal masculine nouns
- ORB, broad
- French terms inherited from Middle French
- French terms derived from Middle French
- French terms inherited from Old French
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- French terms inherited from Vulgar Latin
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- French terms derived from Gaulish
- French terms derived from Proto-Celtic
- French 2-syllable words
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- French nouns
- French countable nouns
- French masculine nouns
- fr:Sheep
- fr:Meats
- Haitian Creole terms derived from French
- Haitian Creole terms derived from Proto-Celtic
- Haitian Creole terms with IPA pronunciation
- Haitian Creole lemmas
- Haitian Creole nouns
- ht:Livestock
- ht:Sheep
- Louisiana Creole terms derived from French
- Louisiana Creole terms derived from Proto-Celtic
- Louisiana Creole terms with IPA pronunciation
- Louisiana Creole lemmas
- Louisiana Creole nouns
- Louisiana Creole terms with collocations
- Louisiana Creole terms with quotations
- lou:Animals
- lou:Livestock
- lou:Mammals
- lou:Sheep
- Middle French terms inherited from Old French
- Middle French terms derived from Old French
- Middle French terms inherited from Vulgar Latin
- Middle French terms derived from Vulgar Latin
- Middle French terms derived from Gaulish
- Middle French terms derived from Proto-Celtic
- Middle French lemmas
- Middle French nouns
- Middle French masculine nouns
- Middle French countable nouns
- frm:Animals
- frm:Livestock
- frm:Mammals
- Norman terms inherited from Old French
- Norman terms derived from Old French
- Norman terms inherited from Vulgar Latin
- Norman terms derived from Vulgar Latin
- Norman terms derived from Gaulish
- Norman terms derived from Proto-Celtic
- Norman lemmas
- Norman nouns
- Norman masculine nouns
- Jersey Norman
- nrf:Mammals
- nrf:Meats
- nrf:Weapons
- Old French terms inherited from Vulgar Latin
- Old French terms derived from Vulgar Latin
- Old French terms derived from Gaulish
- Old French terms derived from Proto-Celtic
- Old French lemmas
- Old French nouns
- Old French masculine nouns
- fro:Animals
- fro:Mammals
- fro:Livestock
- Seychellois Creole terms derived from French
- Seychellois Creole terms derived from Proto-Celtic
- Seychellois Creole lemmas
- Seychellois Creole nouns
- crs:Animals
- crs:Mammals
- crs:Livestock
- crs:Sheep