tatou

See also: tātou

English

Etymology

From Old Tupi tatu (“armadillo”), possibly via French. Compare tatouay.

Noun

tatou (plural tatous)

1. The giant armadillo (Priodontes maximus)

Anagrams

• outta, tauto-

French

Alternative forms

• tattou (obsolete)

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Tupi tatu (“armadillo”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ta.tu/

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• (Louisiana) IPA^(key): [ta.tu]
• Homophone: tatous

Noun

tatou m (plural tatous)

Un tatou

1. armadillo

   Synonym: (dated) cachicame m

   Hypernyms: édenté, xénarthre

   Hyponyms: tatou à neuf bandes m, tatou géant m

Derived terms

• tatou à neuf bandes
• tatou géant

Descendants

• → Breton: tatou
• → English: tatou
• → Hungarian: tatu
• → Romanian: tatu

Further reading

• “tatou”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012
• Littré, Émile (1873–1878), “tatou”, in Dictionnaire de la langue française, Paris: L. Hachette
• Dictionary of Louisiana French: As Spoken in Cajun, Creole, and American Indian Communities (2009; →ISBN; →ISBN)

Paronyms

• Tautou

Anagrams

• atout

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Etymology

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Pronoun

tatou

1. First person plural inclusive

   we (we including you)

See also

Rapa Nui personal pronouns

independent	singular	dual	plural
1st person	au	māua (exclusive) tāua (inclusive)	mātou (exclusive) tātou (inclusive)
2nd person	koe	kōrua
3rd person	ia	rāua