mastodont
English
editNoun
editmastodont (plural mastodonts)
- Alternative form of mastodon
Catalan
editEtymology
editBorrowed from French mastodonte.
Pronunciation
edit- IPA(key): (Central) [məs.tuˈðɔn]
- IPA(key): (Balearic) [məs.toˈðɔnt]
- IPA(key): (Valencia) [mas.toˈðɔnt]
Noun
editmastodont m (plural mastodonts)
Further reading
edit- “mastodont” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Dutch
editEtymology
editBorrowed from French mastodonte.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editmastodont m (plural mastodonten, diminutive mastodontje n)
- mastodon, mammal of the family Mammutidae, especially of the genus Mammut [from 1807]
- 1807 April 3, “Wetenschappen, letteren en kunsten”, in Koninklijke courant, number 80, page 3:
- Het is deze laatſte bijzonderheid, die uitgedrukt wordt door den geſlachtsnaam van Mastodonten, of dieren met borst-voerende tanden, welken de Heer Cuvier hun gegeven heeft.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- someone or something of enormous size
Polish
editEtymology
editInternationalism; compare English mastodon, French mastodonte, German Mastodon, ultimately from New Latin mastodon, from Ancient Greek μαστός (mastós) + ὀδούς (odoús).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editmastodont m animal (related adjective mastodontowy)
- (paleontology) mastodon (any elephant-like mammal of the genus Mammut)
- (figurative) colossus (creature or thing of gigantic size)
- (figurative, humorous) dinosaur (person who has been active longer than their peers, especially an artist)
- (figurative, derogatory) dinosaur (old-fashioned person)
- (figurative, derogatory) something that has an outdated design or organization
Declension
editDeclension of mastodont
singular | plural | |
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nominative | mastodont | mastodonty |
genitive | mastodonta | mastodontów |
dative | mastodontowi | mastodontom |
accusative | mastodonta | mastodonty |
instrumental | mastodontem | mastodontami |
locative | mastodoncie | mastodontach |
vocative | mastodoncie | mastodonty |
Further reading
editRomanian
editEtymology
editBorrowed from French mastodonte.
Noun
editmastodont m (plural mastodonți)
Declension
editDeclension of mastodont
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) mastodont | mastodontul | (niște) mastodonți | mastodonții |
genitive/dative | (unui) mastodont | mastodontului | (unor) mastodonți | mastodonților |
vocative | mastodontule | mastodonților |
Serbo-Croatian
editEtymology
editPronunciation
editNoun
editmastòdont m (Cyrillic spelling масто̀донт)
Declension
editDeclension of mastodont
singular | plural | |
---|---|---|
nominative | mastòdont | mastodonti |
genitive | mastodonta | mastòdonātā |
dative | mastodontu | mastodontima |
accusative | mastodonta | mastodonte |
vocative | mastodonte | mastodonti |
locative | mastodontu | mastodontima |
instrumental | mastodontom | mastodontima |
References
edit- “mastodont” in Hrvatski jezični portal
Swedish
editNoun
editmastodont c
- a mastodon (extinct elephant-like mammal)
- (figuratively) a mastodon, a mammoth (something huge)
Declension
editDeclension of mastodont | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | mastodont | mastodonten | mastodonter | mastodonterna |
Genitive | mastodonts | mastodontens | mastodonters | mastodonternas |
Derived terms
edit- mastodontfilm (“epic film”)
Related terms
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