mouton

See also: Mouton

English

Etymology

French mouton (“sheep”)

Noun

mouton (plural moutons)

1. (historical) A 14th-century French gold coin, weighing about 70 grains.

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French

Etymology

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)

Derived terms

• mouton à cinq pattes
• mouton de Panurge
• mouton noir
• saute-mouton

See also

• bélier
• brebis

Further reading

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

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Haitian Creole

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] French mouton (“sheep”)

Noun

mouton

1. sheep

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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”)

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Old French

Alternative forms

• moton
• multon
• multum
• mutun

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

• → English: mutton
• French: mouton

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Seychellois Creole

Etymology

From French mouton

Noun

mouton

1. sheep

References

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