mouflon

Alternative forms

• moufflon

Etymology

Borrowed from French mouflon, from Italian muflone, from Late Latin mufrō (“wild sheep”), related to Latin musimo (“wild sheep”), both probably of pre-Latin origin. From 1765-75.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈmuːf.lɒn/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈmuːf.lɑːn/

Noun

mouflon (plural mouflons)

1. A species of wild sheep, Ovis orientalis musimon, syn. Ovis aries musimon, endemic to Sardinia and Corsica. [From 1765-75.]

Anagrams

• moonful

Noun

mouflon m (plural mouflons)

1. mouflon

Further reading

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