woodchuck

English edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Cree ocêk, otchek (“fisher”), borrowed from Ojibwe ojiig (“fisher, marten”), or a similar term in a related Algonquian language, subsequently reapplied to the groundhog.

An earlier form of this word, woodshock, still sometimes designates the marten. Also a doublet of wejack.

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ˈwʊd.t͡ʃʌk/

Noun edit

woodchuck (plural woodchucks)

(Northern US) A rodent of the family Sciuridae, belonging to the group of large ground squirrels known as marmots, Marmota monax.
Synonyms: groundhog, whistle pig, land-beaver, moonack

Translations edit

rodent of the family Sciuridae

Algonquin: akokodjìc
Bulgarian: северноамерикански мармот m (severnoamerikanski marmot)
Cherokee: ᎣᎦᏅ (oganv)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 美洲旱獺／美洲旱獭 (Měizhōu hàntǎ), 北美土撥鼠／北美土拨鼠 (Běiměi tǔbōshǔ)
Czech: svišť lesní m
Dutch: bosmarmot (nl)
Finnish: metsämurmeli (fi)
French: marmotte (d’Amérique) f, siffleux (fr) m
German: Waldmurmeltier n
Greek: αρκτόμυς m (arktómys), μαρμότα (el) f (marmóta)
Hungarian: erdei mormota (hu)
Italian: marmotta (it) f
Lithuanian: miškinis švilpikas m
Navajo: dlǫ́ʼátsoh
Norwegian:
Bokmål: skogmurmeldyr n
Pennsylvania German: Grundsau
Plautdietsch: Ieedhunt m
Polish: świszcz (pl) m, świstak amerykański (pl) m
Portuguese: marmota americana f
Russian: суро́к (ru) m (surók)
Spanish: marmota (americana) f
Swedish: skogsmurmeldjur n
Turkish: dağ sıçanı (tr)
Unami: munhake
Welsh: twrlla m, twrlla llwyd m