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mammoth

/ˈmæməθ/MA-muhth
/ˈmæməθ/MA-muhth

Meaningan earth-dwelling beast (in Siberian lore)

Common meaning: an extinct hairy elephant

Journey through time

  1. Siberianmammontsource
  2. Russianmamontsource
  3. Englishmammoth‘an extinct hairy elephant’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Built on Siberian mammont ‘an earth-dwelling beast (in Siberian lore)’.

Did you know: our wording, based on Skeat, Etymological Dictionary (1898), entry MAMMOTH, p. 350 · dictionary scan

Roots

  • mammont Siberian “an earth-dwelling beast (in Siberian lore)”

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