lamantin

English

Etymology

From French lamantin.

Noun

lamantin (plural lamantins)

(archaic) 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/
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Noun

lamantin m (plural lamantins)

manatee
Synonym: vache de mer

Descendants

→ Armenian: լամանտին (lamantin)
→ Corsican: lamantinu
→ Dutch: lamantijn
→ English: lamantin
→ Italian: lamantino
→ Romanian: lamantin
→ Russian: ламанти́н (lamantín)

Further reading

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

Anagrams

laminant

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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