lamantin

English

Etymology

From French lamantin.

Noun

lamantin (plural lamantins)

The manatee.

French

Etymology

From lamenti, an alteration of Spanish manatí, a Cariban word, by association with lamenter "lament, bewail", because of the animal's cry.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /la.mɑ̃.tɛ̃/

Noun

lamantin m (plural lamantins)

manatee

Synonyms

vache de mer

Anagrams

laminant

Descendants

→ Armenian: լամանտին (lamantin)
→ Dutch: lamantijn
→ English: lamantin
→ Italian: lamantino
→ Romanian: lamantin
→ Russian: ламантин (lamantin)

Further reading

“lamantin” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Romanian

lamantin

Etymology

Borrowed from French lamantin, an alteration of Spanish manatí.

Noun

lamantin m (plural lamantini)

manatee (any of several plant-eating marine mammals, of family Trichechidae)

Declension

declension of lamantin

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) lamantin	lamantinul	(niște) lamantini	lamantinii
genitive/dative	(unui) lamantin	lamantinului	(unor) lamantini	lamantinilor
vocative	lamantinule		lamantinilor

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