# mastodont
## English
### Noun

mastodont (plural mastodonts)
* Alternative form of mastodon

## Catalan
### Etymology

Borrowed from French mastodonte.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [məs.tuˈðɔn]
* IPA: (Balearic) [məs.toˈðɔnt]
* IPA: (Valencia) [mas.toˈðɔnt]

### Noun

mastodont m (plural mastodonts)
* mastodon

### Further reading

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

## Danish
### Etymology

From Ancient Greek μαστός (mastós) + ὀδόντος (odóntos).

### Noun

mastodont c (singular definite mastodonten, plural indefinite mastodonter)
* a mastodon (extinct elephant-like mammal) Mammutidae
* (derogatory) a mastodon, a mammoth (something huge)
    Synonym: kolos

#### Derived terms

* mastodontisk

### References

* “mastodont” in Den Danske Ordbog

## Dutch
### Etymology

Borrowed from French mastodonte.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˌmɑs.toːˈdɔnt/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: mas‧to‧dont
* Rhymes: -ɔnt

### Noun

mastodont 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
### Etymology

Internationalism; compare English mastodon, French mastodonte, German Mastodon, ultimately from New Latin mastodon, from Ancient Greek μαστός (mastós) + ὀδούς (odoús).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /masˈtɔ.dɔnt/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ɔdɔnt
* Syllabification: mas‧to‧dont

### Noun

mastodont m animal (related adjective mastodontowy)
* (paleontology) mastodon (any elephant-like mammal of the genus Mammut)
* (figurative) colossus (creature or thing of gigantic size)
    Synonyms: kolos, olbrzym
* (figurative, humorous) dinosaur (person who has been active longer than their peers, especially an artist)
    Synonyms: dinozaur, mamut, weteran
* (figurative, derogatory) dinosaur (old-fashioned person)
    Synonyms: dinozaur, mamut
* (figurative, derogatory) something that has an outdated design or organization

#### Declension
### Further reading

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

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from French mastodonte.

### Noun

mastodont m (plural mastodonți)
* mastodon

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

From New Latin mastodon.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /mastǒdont/
* Hyphenation: mas‧to‧dont

### Noun

mastòdont m (Cyrillic spelling масто̀донт)
* mastodon

#### Declension
### References

* “mastodont”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

## Swedish
### Noun

mastodont c
* a mastodon (extinct elephant-like mammal)
* (figuratively) a mastodon, a mammoth (something huge)

#### Derived terms

* mastodontfilm (“epic film”)

#### Related terms

* mastodontisk

### References

* mastodont in Svensk ordbok (SO)
* mastodont in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
* mastodont in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)