lamantin

Etymology

From French lamantin.

Noun

lamantin (plural lamantins)

1. The manatee.

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)

1. manatee

Anagrams

• laminant

Further reading

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

Etymology

Borrowed from French lamantin, an alteration of Spanish manatí.

Noun

lamantin m (plural lamantini)

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