# mamut
## Catalan
### Etymology

Borrowed from French mammouth, from Russian ма́монт (mámont), from a Uralic language.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [məˈmut]
* IPA: (Valencia) [maˈmut]
* Rhymes: -ut

### Noun

mamut m (plural mamuts)
* mammoth

#### Derived terms

* mamut llanut

### Further reading

& “mamut” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

## Czech
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈmamut]

### Noun

mamut m anim
* mammoth

#### Derived terms

* mamutí

### Further reading

* “mamut”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
* “mamut”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

## Finnish
### Noun

mamut
* nominative plural of mamu

### Anagrams

* ammut, tumma

## Galician
### Noun

mamut m (plural mamuts)
* mammoth

### Further reading

* “mamut”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025

## Hungarian
### Alternative forms

* mammut (pre-1984)

### Etymology

From German Mammut, from French mammouth, from an Uralic language, such as Proto-Mansi *mē̮ŋ-ońt (“earth-horn”) (compare Northern Mansi ма̄ (mā, “earth”), а̄ньт (ānʹt, “horn”), see modern Northern Mansi ма̄хар (māhar)) or Khanty. Compare Proto-Uralic *mëxe (“earth”) (when the first remains were found, the local residents believed that it was an underground animal). Until 1984, it was spelled mammut.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈmɒmut]
* Hyphenation: ma‧mut
* Rhymes: -ut

### Noun

mamut (plural mamutok)
* mammoth (Mammuthus)

#### Derived terms

* gyapjas mamut

### Further reading

* (superseded spelling) mammut in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

## Polish
### Etymology

Internationalism; compare English mammoth, French mammouth, German Mammut, ultimately from Russian ма́монт (mámont).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈma.mut/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -amut
* Syllabification: ma‧mut

### Noun

mamut m animal (related adjective mamuci or mamutowy)
* (paleontology) mammoth (any elephant-like mammal of the genus Mammuthus)
* (figurative) mammoth (something very large of its kind)
    Synonym: olbrzym
* variety of the yellow mung bean with wide pods
* (colloquial) ski flying ski jumping hill
    Synonym: skocznia mamucia
* (figurative, humorous) dinosaur (person who has been active longer than their peers, especially an artist)
    Synonyms: dinozaur, mastodont, weteran
* (figurative, derogatory) dinosaur (old-fashioned person)
    Synonyms: dinozaur, mastodont

#### Derived terms

* mamutak
* mamutowiec

#### Descendants

* → Kashubian: mamùt

### Further reading

* mamut in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* mamut in Polish dictionaries at PWN

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from French mammouth, from Russian ма́монт (mámont, “mammoth”), from Uralic.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /maˈmut/
* Hyphenation: ma‧mut

### Noun

mamut m (plural mamuți)
* mammoth

#### Declension
## Serbo-Croatian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Russian ма́монт (mámont).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /mǎmut/
* Hyphenation: ma‧mut

### Noun

màmut m (Cyrillic spelling ма̀мут)
* mammoth (elephant-like mammal)

#### Declension
## Slovene
### Etymology

From Russian ма́монт (mámont).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /máːmut/

### Noun

mȃmut m anim
* mammoth

#### Inflection
### Further reading

* “mamut”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2025

## Spanish
### Etymology

Borrowed from French mammouth, from Russian ма́монт (mámont, “mammoth”). More at mammoth.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /maˈmut/ [maˈmut̪]
* Rhymes: -ut
* Syllabification: ma‧mut

### Noun

mamut m (plural mamuts)
* mammoth (animal)

#### Derived terms

* mamut lanudo

### Further reading

* “mamut”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

## Turkish
### Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish ماموت (mamut), from French mammouth, from Russian ма́монт (mámont, “mammoth”), probably from a Uralic language.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /maˈmut/

### Noun

mamut (definite accusative mamutu, plural mamutlar)
* mammoth (animal)