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marmot

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • UK: /ˈmɑː.mət/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • US: /ˈmɑɹ.mət/
  • rhymes with -ɑɹmət

1

noun

Meaning 1

Any of several large ground-dwelling rodents of the genera Marmota and Cynomys in the squirrel family.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

stocky coarse-furred burrowing rodent with a short bushy tail found throughout the northern hemisphere; hibernates in winter

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: rodent, gnawer

Narrower terms: groundhog, woodchuck, Marmota monax, hoary marmot, whistler, whistling marmot, Marmota caligata, yellowbelly marmot, rockchuck, Marmota flaviventris

History

Etymology

From Middle French marmotte, from Old French marmotte; further etymology uncertain, possibly from a Gallo-Romance base *marm- (“to mumble; to murmur”) (referring to the sound made by the marmot when eating; possibly related to Proto-Indo-European *mur- (whence murmur) and ultimately imitative; compare also French marmot and marmonner) + Middle French -otte (diminutive suffix). Akin to French marmotte, Italian marmotta, Engadin Romansh murmont, Old High German *murmento (dialectal German Murmentel, standard Murmeltier); see also Latin mūs montānus (literally “mountain rat”).

Across languages

Translations

102 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Ahtna: kuyxi — rodent of the genera Marmota
  • Southern Altai: тарбаган (tarbagan) — rodent of the genera Marmota
  • Arabic: مَرْمُوط (marmūṭ) — rodent of the genera Marmota
  • Armenian: արջամուկ (arǰamuk) — rodent of the genera Marmota
  • Azerbaijani: marmot — rodent of the genera Marmota
  • Basque: marmota — rodent of the genera Marmota
  • Belarusian: суро́к (surók) — rodent of the genera Marmota
  • Breton: moregan an alpoù — rodent of the genera Marmota
  • Bulgarian: мармот (marmot) — rodent of the genera Marmota
  • Catalan: marmota — rodent of the genera Marmota
  • Literary Chinese: 鼧鼥 (tuóbá) — rodent of the genera Marmota
  • Chinese Mandarin: 旱獺 /旱獭 (hàntǎ) — rodent of the genera Marmota
  • Chinese Mandarin: 土撥鼠 /土拨鼠 (tǔbōshǔ) — rodent of the genera Marmota
  • Chuvash: сӑвӑр (săvăr) — rodent of the genera Marmota
  • Czech: svišť — rodent of the genera Marmota
  • Danish: murmeldyr — rodent of the genera Marmota
  • Dutch: marmot — rodent of the genera Marmota
  • Esperanto: marmoto — rodent of the genera Marmota
  • Estonian: ümiseja — rodent of the genera Marmota
  • Even: ча̄ма̇к (cāmȧk) — rodent of the genera Marmota
  • Faroese: múrmildýr — rodent of the genera Marmota
  • Finnish: murmeli — rodent of the genera Marmota
  • French: marmotte — rodent of the genera Marmota
  • West-Frisian: bargemot — rodent of the genera Marmota
  • West-Frisian: marmot — rodent of the genera Marmota
  • Friulian: marmote — rodent of the genera Marmota
  • Galician: marmota — rodent of the genera Marmota
  • Georgian: ზაზუნა (zazuna) — rodent of the genera Marmota
  • German: Murmeltier — rodent of the genera Marmota
  • Greek: μαρμότα (marmóta) — rodent of the genera Marmota
  • Hindi: फीया (phīyā) — rodent of the genera Marmota
  • Hindi: मारमोट (mārmoṭ) — rodent of the genera Marmota
  • Hungarian: mormota — rodent of the genera Marmota
  • Icelandic: múrmeldýr — rodent of the genera Marmota
  • Irish: marmat — rodent of the genera Marmota
  • Italian: marmotta — rodent of the genera Marmota
  • Japanese: マーモット (māmotto) — rodent of the genera Marmota
  • Kalmyk: тарвһн (tarvğn) — rodent of the genera Marmota
  • Kanakanabu: kukuvara — rodent of the genera Marmota
  • Kazakh: суыр (suyr) — rodent of the genera Marmota
  • Khakas: тарбаған (tarbağan) — rodent of the genera Marmota
  • Korean: 마멋 (mameot) — rodent of the genera Marmota
  • Kyrgyz: суур (suur) — rodent of the genera Marmota
  • Ladin: marmota — rodent of the genera Marmota
  • Latvian: murkšķis — rodent of the genera Marmota
  • Lithuanian: švilpikas — rodent of the genera Marmota
  • Macedonian: мрмот (mrmot) — rodent of the genera Marmota
  • Malay: marmut — rodent of the genera Marmota
  • Maltese: far il-ġebel — rodent of the genera Marmota
  • Manchu: ᡨᠠᡵᠪᠠᡥᡳ (tarbahi) — rodent of the genera Marmota
  • Mòcheno: marmota — rodent of the genera Marmota
  • Mongolian: тарвага (tarvaga) — rodent of the genera Marmota
  • Lower Tanana: xwyeghi — rodent of the genera Marmota
  • Navajo: dilchaʼ — rodent of the genera Marmota
  • Norwegian: murmeldyr — rodent of the genera Marmota
  • Occitan: marmòta — rodent of the genera Marmota
  • Occitan: dormilhosa — rodent of the genera Marmota
  • Occitan: muret — rodent of the genera Marmota
  • Persian: مارموت (mârmut) — rodent of the genera Marmota
  • Polish: świstak — rodent of the genera Marmota
  • Polish: świszcz — rodent of the genera Marmota
  • Portuguese: marmota — rodent of the genera Marmota
  • Romanian: marmotă — rodent of the genera Marmota
  • Romansh: muntanella — rodent of the genera Marmota
  • Russian: суро́к (surók) — rodent of the genera Marmota
  • Russian: байба́к (bajbák) — rodent of the genera Marmota
  • Sami: murmel — rodent of the genera Marmota
  • Sami: murmelealli — rodent of the genera Marmota
  • Sardinian: marmotta — rodent of the genera Marmota
  • Sardinian: drummiccioni — rodent of the genera Marmota
  • Serbo-Croatian: свизац — rodent of the genera Marmota
  • Serbo-Croatian: свизавац — rodent of the genera Marmota
  • Serbo-Croatian: мрмот — rodent of the genera Marmota
  • Serbo-Croatian: svizac — rodent of the genera Marmota
  • Serbo-Croatian: svizavac — rodent of the genera Marmota
  • Serbo-Croatian: mrmot — rodent of the genera Marmota
  • Slovak: svišť — rodent of the genera Marmota
  • Slovene: svizec — rodent of the genera Marmota
  • Lower Sorbian: boback — rodent of the genera Marmota
  • Upper Sorbian: bobak — rodent of the genera Marmota
  • Spanish: marmota — rodent of the genera Marmota
  • Swedish: murmeldjur — rodent of the genera Marmota
  • Tajik: суғур (suġur) — rodent of the genera Marmota
  • Tatar: байбак (baybaq) — rodent of the genera Marmota
  • Tatar: сөркә (sörkä) — rodent of the genera Marmota
  • Tatar: суыр (suwır) — rodent of the genera Marmota
  • Thai: มาร์มอต (maa-mɔ́t) — rodent of the genera Marmota
  • Tibetan: ཕྱི་བ (phyi ba) — rodent of the genera Marmota
  • Turkish: dağ sıçanı — rodent of the genera Marmota
  • Ottoman Turkish: طاغ صیچانی (dağ sıçanı) — rodent of the genera Marmota
  • Tuvan: тарбаган (tarbagan) — rodent of the genera Marmota
  • Ukrainian: баба́к (babák) — rodent of the genera Marmota
  • Ukrainian: байба́к (bajbák) — rodent of the genera Marmota
  • Uyghur: سۇغۇر (sughur) — rodent of the genera Marmota
  • Uzbek: sugʻur — rodent of the genera Marmota
  • Vietnamese: macmôt — rodent of the genera Marmota
  • Vietnamese: mác-mốt — rodent of the genera Marmota
  • Volapük: kriset — rodent of the genera Marmota
  • Welsh: twrlla — rodent of the genera Marmota
  • Welsh: marmot — rodent of the genera Marmota
  • Written Oirat: ᡐᠠᠷᡋᠠᡎᠠ (tarbaɣa) — rodent of the genera Marmota
  • Yakut: таарбаҕан (taarbağan) — rodent of the genera Marmota