mammal

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• General-American: /ˈmæməl/
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From Modern Latin Mammalia, coined 1758 by Linnaeus for the class of mammals, from neuter plural of Late Latin mammalis (“of the breast”), from Latin mamma (“breast”), perhaps cognate with mamma (mother).

111 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: soogdier — animal of the class Mammalia
• Albanian: gjitar — animal of the class Mammalia
• Arabic: ثَدْيِيّ (ṯadyiyy) — animal of the class Mammalia
• Armenian: կաթնասուն (katʻnasun) — animal of the class Mammalia
• Assamese: স্তন্যপায়ী (stoinnopayi) — animal of the class Mammalia
• Assamese: স্তন্যপায়ী প্ৰাণী (stoinnopayi prani) — animal of the class Mammalia
• Asturian: mamíferu — animal of the class Mammalia
• Azerbaijani: məməli — animal of the class Mammalia
• Basque: ugaztun — animal of the class Mammalia
• Belarusian: млекако́рмячае (mljekakórmjačaje) — animal of the class Mammalia
• Belarusian: сысу́н (sysún) — animal of the class Mammalia
• Belarusian: звер (zvjer) — animal of the class Mammalia
• Bengali: স্তন্যপায়ী (stonnopaẏi) — animal of the class Mammalia
• Bulgarian: боза́йник (bozájnik) — animal of the class Mammalia
• Burmese: နို့တိုက်သတ္တဝါ (nui.tuiksatta.wa) — animal of the class Mammalia
• Catalan: mamífer — animal of the class Mammalia
• Chechen: декха дийнат (deqa diı̇nat) — animal of the class Mammalia
• Chinese Mandarin: 哺乳類 /哺乳类 (bǔrǔlèi) — animal of the class Mammalia
• Chinese Mandarin: 哺乳動物 /哺乳动物 (bǔrǔ dòngwù) — animal of the class Mammalia
• Czech: savec — animal of the class Mammalia
• Danish: pattedyr — animal of the class Mammalia
• Dutch: zoogdier — animal of the class Mammalia
• Esperanto: mamulo — animal of the class Mammalia
• Estonian: imetaja — animal of the class Mammalia
• Faroese: súgdjór — animal of the class Mammalia
• Finnish: nisäkäs — animal of the class Mammalia
• French: mammifère — animal of the class Mammalia
• Galician: mamífero — animal of the class Mammalia
• Georgian: ძუძუმწოვარი (ʒuʒumc̣ovari) — animal of the class Mammalia
• German: Säugetier — animal of the class Mammalia
• Greek: θηλαστικό (thilastikó) — animal of the class Mammalia
• Paraguayan Guarani: okambúva — animal of the class Mammalia
• Hebrew: יוֹנֵק (yonék) — animal of the class Mammalia
• Hindi: स्तनपायी (stanpāyī) — animal of the class Mammalia
• Hindi: स्तनधारी (standhārī) — animal of the class Mammalia
• Hungarian: emlős — animal of the class Mammalia
• Icelandic: spendýr — animal of the class Mammalia
• Ido: mamifero — animal of the class Mammalia
• Indonesian: mamalia — animal of the class Mammalia
• Indonesian: hewan menyusui — animal of the class Mammalia
• Interlingua: mammifero — animal of the class Mammalia
• Interlingua: mammal — animal of the class Mammalia
• Inuktitut: ᒪᒻᒪᓛᑎᒃ (mammalaatik) — animal of the class Mammalia
• Irish: mamach — animal of the class Mammalia
• Italian: mammifero — animal of the class Mammalia
• Japanese: 哺乳類 (honyūrui) — animal of the class Mammalia
• Kannada: ಸಸ್ತನಿ (sastani) — animal of the class Mammalia
• Kazakh: сүтқоректі (sütqorektı) — animal of the class Mammalia
• Khmer: ថនិកសត្វ (thaʼnikaʼ sat) — animal of the class Mammalia
• Korean: 포유류 (poyuryu) — animal of the class Mammalia
• Northern Kurdish: şîrdar — animal of the class Mammalia
• Northern Kurdish: guhandar — animal of the class Mammalia
• Kyrgyz: сүт эмүүчүл (süt emüücül) — animal of the class Mammalia
• Lao: ສັດລ້ຽງລູກດ້ວຍນົມ (sat līang lūk duāi nom) — animal of the class Mammalia
• Latin: mammalis — animal of the class Mammalia
• Latin: mammalia — animal of the class Mammalia
• Latvian: zīdītājs — animal of the class Mammalia
• Lithuanian: žinduolis — animal of the class Mammalia
• Low German: Söögdeert — animal of the class Mammalia
• Luxembourgish: Mamendéier — animal of the class Mammalia
• Macedonian: цицач (cicač) — animal of the class Mammalia
• Malay: mamalia — animal of the class Mammalia
• Malayalam: സസ്തനി (sastani) — animal of the class Mammalia
• Maori: kararehe whāngote — animal of the class Mammalia
• Mongolian: хөхтөн (xöxtön) — animal of the class Mammalia
• Norwegian Bokmål: pattedyr — animal of the class Mammalia
• Norwegian Nynorsk: pattedyr — animal of the class Mammalia
• Occitan: mamifèr — animal of the class Mammalia
• Persian: پستاندار (pestândâr) — animal of the class Mammalia
• Plautdietsch: Sutia — animal of the class Mammalia
• Polish: ssak — animal of the class Mammalia
• Portuguese: mamífero — animal of the class Mammalia
• Punjabi: ਥਣਧਾਰੀ (thaṇdhārī) — animal of the class Mammalia
• Romanian: mamifer — animal of the class Mammalia
• Russian: млекопита́ющее (mlekopitájuščeje) — animal of the class Mammalia
• Russian: зверь (zverʹ) — animal of the class Mammalia
• Serbo-Croatian: сисар — animal of the class Mammalia
• Serbo-Croatian: сисавац — animal of the class Mammalia
• Serbo-Croatian: sisar — animal of the class Mammalia
• Serbo-Croatian: sisavac — animal of the class Mammalia
• Silesian: cyckocz — animal of the class Mammalia
• Sinhalese: ක්ෂීරපායීන් (kṣīrapāyīn) — animal of the class Mammalia
• Slovak: cicavec — animal of the class Mammalia
• Slovene: sesalec — animal of the class Mammalia
• Spanish: mamífero — animal of the class Mammalia
• Swedish: däggdjur — animal of the class Mammalia
• Tagalog: wilik — animal of the class Mammalia
• Tagalog: mamipero — animal of the class Mammalia
• Tagalog: mamalya — animal of the class Mammalia
• Tajik: ширхӯр (širxür) — animal of the class Mammalia
• Tatar: имезүче (imezüçe) — animal of the class Mammalia
• Telugu: క్షీరదం (kṣīradaṁ) — animal of the class Mammalia
• Thai: สัตว์เลี้ยงลูกด้วยน้ํานม (sàt-líiang-lûuk-dûai-náam-nom) — animal of the class Mammalia
• Thai: สัตว์กินนม (sàt-gin-nom) — animal of the class Mammalia
• Tupinambá: okambúba'e — animal of the class Mammalia
• Turkish: memeli — animal of the class Mammalia
• Turkish: memeli hayvan — animal of the class Mammalia
• Turkmen: süýdemdiriji — animal of the class Mammalia
• Ukrainian: ссаве́ць (ssavécʹ) — animal of the class Mammalia
• Ukrainian: звір (zvir) — animal of the class Mammalia
• Urdu: سَتْنَپَایِی (satnapāyī) — animal of the class Mammalia
• Uzbek: sut emizuvchil — animal of the class Mammalia
• Vietnamese: động vật có vú — animal of the class Mammalia
• Vietnamese: thú — animal of the class Mammalia
• Volapük: sügaf — animal of the class Mammalia
• Volapük: süganim — animal of the class Mammalia
• Welsh: mamal — animal of the class Mammalia
• West Frisian: sûchdier — animal of the class Mammalia
• Yiddish: זויגער (zoyger) — animal of the class Mammalia
• Finnish: nisäkäs — paleontology: vertebrate with three bones in the inner ear and one in the jaw
• Greek: θηλαστικό (thilastikó) — paleontology: vertebrate with three bones in the inner ear and one in the jaw