lamantin
English edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
lamantin (plural lamantins)
French edit
Etymology edit
From lamenti, an alteration of Spanish manatí, a Cariban word, by association with lamenter (“lament, bewail”), because of the animal's cry.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
lamantin m (plural lamantins)
- manatee
- Synonym: vache de mer
Descendants edit
- → Armenian: լամանտին (lamantin)
- → Corsican: lamantinu
- → Dutch: lamantijn
- → English: lamantin
- → Italian: lamantino
- → Romanian: lamantin
- → Russian: ламанти́н (lamantín)
Further reading edit
- “lamantin”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams edit
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French lamantin, an alteration of Spanish manatí.
Noun edit
lamantin m (plural lamantini)
- manatee (any of several plant-eating marine mammals, of family Trichechidae)
Declension edit
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 | ||