mouton

Etymology

French mouton (“sheep”)

Noun

mouton (plural moutons)

1. (historical) A 14th-century French gold coin, weighing about 70 grains.

Etymology

From Old French mouton, from Vulgar Latin moltō, from Gaulish *multon-, from Proto-Celtic *moltos.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mu.tɔ̃/

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Noun

mouton m (plural moutons)

1. sheep (animal)
2. mutton (meat)
3. (figuratively) lemming, sheep (someone who follows a crowd and succumbs to groupthink)

See also

• bélier
• brebis

Further reading

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

Etymology

From French mouton (“sheep”)

Noun

mouton

1. sheep

Etymology

From Old French mouton, from Vulgar Latin moltō, from Gaulish *multon-, from Proto-Celtic *moltos.

Noun

mouton m (plural moutons)

1. (Jersey) sheep
2. (Jersey) mutton
3. (Jersey) battering ram

Alternative forms

• moton
• multon
• multum
• mutun

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin moltō, from Gaulish *multon-, from Proto-Celtic *moltos.

Noun

mouton m (oblique plural moutons, nominative singular moutons, nominative plural mouton)

1. sheep (animal)
2. mutton (meat)

Etymology

From French mouton

Noun

mouton

1. sheep

Reference

• Danielle D’Offay et Guy Lionnet, Diksyonner Kreol - Franse / Dictionnaire Créole Seychellois - Français