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Webster 1913 Edition


Lamantin

La-man′tin

,
Noun.
[F.
lamantin
,
lamentin
, prob. from the name of the animal in the Antilles. Cf.
Manater
.]
(Zool.)
The manatee.
[Written also
lamentin
, and
lamantine
.]

Webster 1828 Edition


Lamantin

LAM'ANTIN

,

Definition 2024


lamantin

lamantin

English

Noun

lamantin (plural lamantins)

  1. The manatee.

French

Etymology

From lamenti, an alteration of Spanish manatí, a Cariban word, by association with lamenter "lament, bewail", because of the animal's cry.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /la.mɑ̃.tɛ̃/

Noun

lamantin m (plural lamantins)

  1. manatee

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Romanian

lamantin

Etymology

Borrowing from French lamantin, an alteration of Spanish manatí.

Noun

lamantin m (plural lamantini)

  1. manatee (any of several plant-eating marine mammals, of family Trichechidae)

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