mastodont

English

Noun

mastodont (plural mastodonts)

  1. Alternative form of mastodon

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French mastodonte.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌmɑs.toːˈdɔnt/
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  • Hyphenation: mas‧to‧dont
  • Rhymes: -ɔnt

Noun

mastodont m (plural mastodonten, diminutive mastodontje n)

  1. mastodon, mammal of the family Mammutidae, especially of the genus Mammut [from 1807]
    • 1807 April 3, "Wetenschappen, letteren en kunsten", Koninklijke courant, issue 80, page 3.
      Het is deze laatſte bijzonderheid, die uitgedrukt wordt door den geſlachtsnaam van Mastodonten, of dieren met borst-voerende tanden, welken de Heer Cuvier hun gegeven heeft.
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  2. someone or something of enormous size

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From New Latin mastodon.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mastǒdont/
  • Hyphenation: mas‧to‧dont

Noun

mastòdont m (Cyrillic spelling масто̀донт)

  1. mastodon

Declension

References

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