mangouste

English

Etymology

French mangouste

Noun

mangouste (plural mangoustes)

(archaic) A mongoose.

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese mangusto, from Marathi मुंगूस (muṅgūs).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /mɑ̃.ɡust/
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Noun

une mangouste

mangouste f (plural mangoustes)

mongoose

Descendants

→ Dutch: mangoeste
→ Russian: мангу́ст (mangúst), мангу́ста (mangústa)
- → Kazakh: мангуст (mañust)
→ Spanish: mangosta
- → Catalan: mangosta

Noun

une mangouste

mangouste f (plural mangoustes)

mangosteen

Further reading

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

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