different between gerbil vs marmot

English

Alternative forms

• gerbille (dated)
• (verb): gerble
• jerbil (dated)

Etymology

French gerbille, from Latin gerbo, from Arabic ????????? (jarb??) or ????????? (yarb??, “jerboa”).

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?d??bl?/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?d???bl?/
• Homophone: Dyirbal
• Rhymes: -??(?)b?l

Noun

gerbil (plural gerbils)

1. One of several species of small, jumping, murine rodents, of the genus Gerbillus and certain other genera in subfamily Gerbillinae, with leaping powers resembling the jerboa, native to Africa, India, and Southern Europe.

Translations

Verb

gerbil (third-person singular simple present gerbils, present participle gerbilling or gerbiling, simple past and past participle gerbilled or gerbiled)

1. (intransitive) To rotate inside a monowheel or similar apparatus due to sudden acceleration or braking.
2. (intransitive, slang) To insert a small animal into one's rectum (a sexual practice in urban myth).

See also

• guinea pig
• hamster
• jerboa
• jird
• mouse
• rat

Anagrams

• Bigler, Bilger, Gibler

English

Etymology

From Middle French marmote, from Old French marmotaine, marmontaine, murmontain, from Old Franco-Provençal marmotan, from Vulgar Latin *mures montani, from Latin mus monti (“mountain rat”), from Classical Latin mus alpini; akin to Engadin Romansch murmont, Old High German muremunto (dialectal German Murmentel, standard Murmeltier).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?m??.m?t/
• Hyphenation: mar?mot

Noun

marmot (plural marmots)

1. Any of several large ground-dwelling rodents of the genera Marmota and Cynomys in the squirrel family.

Derived terms

Descendants

• ? Japanese: ????? (m?motto)
• ? Korean: ?? (mameot)
• ? Thai: ??????? (maa-m???t)

Translations

See also

• groundhog
• woodchuck

Further reading

• marmot on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French marmotte. Possibly related to Middle Dutch marmotte (“goblin, kobold”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /m?r?m?t/
• Hyphenation: mar?mot
• Rhymes: -?t

Noun

marmot f (plural marmotten)

1. marmot, rodent of the genus Marmota

Derived terms

• alpenmarmot
• bosmarmot
• marmottenslaap

Descendants

• Afrikaans: marmot
• ? Indonesian: marmot
• ? Japanese: ?????

French

Etymology

Probably from marmotter.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma?.mo/

Noun

marmot m (plural marmots, feminine marmotte)

1. (archaic) An architectural grotesque, especially a door knocker.
2. (colloquial) kid, brat

Derived terms

• marmaille

Descendants

• ? Italian: marmaglia, marmocchio

Further reading

• “marmot” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Norman

Etymology

Borrowed from French marmot.

Noun

marmot m (plural marmots)

1. (Jersey) brat