Alaskan Malamute

noun

A relatively large breed of sled dog, sometimes mistaken for the Siberian Husky.

Meanings

nounAlaskan Malamute (plural Alaskan Malamutes)

plural Alaskan Malamutes · alternative Alaskan malamute

  1. biologyA relatively large breed of sled dog, sometimes mistaken for the Siberian Husky.

    At his side is Murphy, an enormous, 14-year-old alaskan malamute^([sic]) dog with startling blue eyes who settles down on the floor next to his master and goes to sleep.

    2026 April 18, Alex Needham, “Kae Tempest on creativity and his gender transition: ‘I’m just glad to be alive’”, in The Guardian, →ISSN, archived from the original on 18 Apr 2026

Synonyms & antonyms

nounbreed of sled dog developed in Alaska

Broader
sled dogsledge dog
Also see

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Bulgarian аляски маламут
  • аляски маламут (aljaski malamut)Alaskan Malamute sled dog
Catalan malamut d'Alaska
  • malamut d'AlaskaAlaskan Malamute sled dog
Chinese Mandarin 阿拉斯加馬拉穆 /阿拉斯加马拉穆
  • 阿拉斯加馬拉穆 /阿拉斯加马拉穆 (Ālāsījiā mǎlāmù)Alaskan Malamute sled dog
Czech aljašský malamut
  • aljašský malamutAlaskan Malamute sled dog
Estonian Alaska malamuut
  • Alaska malamuutAlaskan Malamute sled dog
Finnish alaskanmalamuutti
  • alaskanmalamuuttiAlaskan Malamute sled dog
French malamute de l’Alaska
  • malamute de l’AlaskaAlaskan Malamute sled dog
Hungarian alaszkai malamut
  • alaszkai malamutAlaskan Malamute sled dog
Indonesian malamut Alaska
  • malamut AlaskaAlaskan Malamute sled dog
Irish malamútach Alascach
  • malamútach AlascachAlaskan Malamute sled dog
Italian malamute di Alaska
  • malamute di AlaskaAlaskan Malamute sled dog
Japanese アラスカン・マラミュート
  • アラスカン・マラミュート (arasukan maramyūto)Alaskan Malamute sled dog
Korean 알래스칸 맬러뮤트
  • 알래스칸 맬러뮤트 (allaeseukan maelleomyuteu)Alaskan Malamute sled dog
Lithuanian Aliaskos malamutas
  • Aliaskos malamutasAlaskan Malamute sled dog
Malay malamut Alaska
  • malamut AlaskaAlaskan Malamute sled dog
Portuguese malamute do Alasca
  • malamute do AlascaAlaskan Malamute sled dog
Romanian malamut de Alaska
  • malamut de AlaskaAlaskan Malamute sled dog
Russian аляскинский маламут
  • аляскинский маламут (aljaskinskij malamut)Alaskan Malamute sled dog
Slovak aljašský malamut
  • aljašský malamutAlaskan Malamute sled dog
Spanish malamute de Alaska
  • malamute de AlaskaAlaskan Malamute sled dog
Turkish Alaska malamutu
  • Alaska malamutuAlaskan Malamute sled dog
Ukrainian аляскинський маламут
  • аляскинський маламут (aljaskynsʹkyj malamut)Alaskan Malamute sled dog
Cite this entry
APA

Alaskan Malamute. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Alaskan%20Malamute

MLA

“Alaskan Malamute.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Alaskan%20Malamute. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Alaskan Malamute,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Alaskan%20Malamute.

Source: Alaskan Malamute on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.