# mouton
## English
### Etymology

Borrowed from French mouton (“sheep”). Doublet of mutton.

### Noun

mouton (countable and uncountable, plural moutons)
* (countable, historical) A 14th-century French gold coin, weighing about 70 grains.
* Sheepskin processed to resemble beaver or seal fur.
    Synonym: beaver lamb
** 1950, Fabric Facts, number 1, page 12:The knit constructions include the knit krimmers, the brushed knit fur prints, and knit mouton.

#### Related terms

* mouton enragé
* return to one's muttons

## Franco-Provençal
### Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin moltō.

### Noun

mouton m (plural moutons) (ORB, broad)
* sheep

### References

* mouton in DicoFranPro: Dictionnaire Français/Francoprovençal – on dicofranpro.llm.umontreal.ca
* mouton in Lo trèsor Arpitan – on arpitan.eu

## French
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /mu.tɔ̃/
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### Noun

mouton m (plural moutons)
* sheep (animal)
* mutton (meat)
* (figuratively) lemming, sheep (someone who follows a crowd and succumbs to groupthink)
* mouton (coin)
* dust bunny
    Synonym: (Northern France) moumoute

#### Derived terms

* haricot de mouton
* mouton à cinq pattes
* mouton de Panurge
* mouton noir
* revenir à ses moutons
* saute-mouton

#### Descendants

* Haitian Creole: mouton
* Louisiana Creole: mouton
* Seychellois Creole: mouton
* → English: mouton
* >? Galician: motóa

### See also

* bélier
* brebis

### Further reading

* “mouton”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

## Haitian Creole
### Etymology

From French mouton (“sheep”), ultimately from Proto-Celtic *moltos.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /mu.tɔ̃/

### Noun

mouton
* sheep

## Louisiana Creole
### Etymology

From French mouton (“sheep”), ultimately from Proto-Celtic *moltos.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /mu.tɔ̃/

### Noun

mouton
* sheep
    faib comme ein mouton ― weak as a sheep
    troup mouton ― flock of sheep
** 1998, Albert Valdman, “mouton”, in edited by Albert Valdman, Kevin J. Rottet, Margaret M. Marshall, and Thomas A. Klingler, Dictionary of Louisiana Creole‎, Indiana University Press, →ISBN, page 319:Mouton-la ap bele. Li pa konen trouve so moman.The sheep is bleating. It can't find its mother.

#### Derived terms

* dite mouton (“sheep tea, medicinal tea used for a fever”)

#### See also

* bè (“baa”)
* bele (“to bleat”)

### References

* Albert Valdman (1998) “mouton”, in Albert Valdman, Kevin J. Rottet, Margaret M. Marshall, Thomas A. Klingler, editors, Dictionary of Louisiana Creole‎, Indiana University Press, →ISBN, page 319

## Middle French
### Etymology

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

### Noun

mouton m (plural moutons)
* sheep

#### Descendants

* French: mouton
** Haitian Creole: mouton
** Louisiana Creole: mouton
** Seychellois Creole: mouton
** → English: mouton
** >? Galician: motóa

## Norman
### Etymology

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

### Noun

mouton m (plural moutons)
* (Jersey) sheep
* (Jersey) mutton
* (Jersey) battering ram

#### Derived terms

* hèrbe à moutons (“sheep's fescue”)
* trêfl'ye à moutons (“black medic”)

## Old French
### Alternative forms

* moton, multon, multum, mutun, multun

### Etymology

From Vulgar Latin moltō, from Gaulish *multon-, from Proto-Celtic *moltos.

### Noun

mouton oblique singular, m (oblique plural moutons, nominative singular moutons, nominative plural mouton)
* sheep (animal)
* mutton (meat)

#### Descendants

* Middle French: mouton
** French: mouton
*** Haitian Creole: mouton
*** Louisiana Creole: mouton
*** Seychellois Creole: mouton
*** → English: mouton
*** >? Galician: motóa
* Norman: mouton
* Walloon: moton
* → Middle English: motoun, moton, motun, moten, mutoun, motone, mutton, motton, motene
** English: mutton
** Scots: mutton
** Yola: muthon, mothoon

## Seychellois Creole
### Etymology

From French mouton, ultimately from Proto-Celtic *moltos.

### Noun

mouton
* sheep

### References

* Danielle D’Offay et Guy Lionnet, Diksyonner Kreol - Franse / Dictionnaire Créole Seychellois - Français