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mouton.

sheep (animal)

6 characters2 syllables approx.Français language

Meaning & usage

noun/mu.tɔ̃/

  1. sheep (animal)

    masculine

  2. mutton (meat)

    masculine

  3. lemming, sheep (someone who follows a crowd and succumbs to groupthink)

    figuratively · masculine

  4. mouton (coin)

    masculine

  5. dust bunny

    masculine
Where this word comes from

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

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