Meanings
Origin
- Old Frenchmarmotte
- Middle Frenchmarmotte
- Englishmarmot
From Middle French marmotte, from Old French marmotte; further etymology uncertain, possibly from a Gallo-Romance base *marm- (“to mumble; to murmur”) (referring to the sound made by the marmot when eating; possibly related to Proto-Indo-European *mur- (whence murmur) and ultimately imitative; compare also French marmot and marmonner) + Middle French -otte (diminutive suffix). Akin to French marmotte, Italian marmotta, Engadin Romansh murmont, Old High German *murmento (dialectal German Murmentel, standard Murmeltier); see also Latin mūs montānus (literally “mountain rat”).
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic مَرْمُوط
- مَرْمُوط (marmūṭ)rodent of the genera Marmota
Basque marmota
- marmotarodent of the genera Marmota
Bulgarian мармот
- мармот (marmot)rodent of the genera Marmota
Catalan marmota
- marmotarodent of the genera Marmota
Chinese Mandarin 旱獺 /旱獭, 土撥鼠 /土拨鼠
- 旱獺 /旱獭 (hàntǎ)rodent of the genera Marmota
- 土撥鼠 /土拨鼠 (tǔbōshǔ)rodent of the genera Marmota
Czech svišť
- svišťrodent of the genera Marmota
Danish murmeldyr
- murmeldyrrodent of the genera Marmota
Dutch marmot
- marmotrodent of the genera Marmota
Esperanto marmoto
- marmotorodent of the genera Marmota
Estonian ümiseja
- ümisejarodent of the genera Marmota
Finnish murmeli
- murmelirodent of the genera Marmota
French marmotte
- marmotterodent of the genera Marmota
German Murmeltier
- Murmeltierrodent of the genera Marmota
Greek μαρμότα
- μαρμότα (marmóta)rodent of the genera Marmota
Hindi फीया, मारमोट
- फीया (phīyā)rodent of the genera Marmota
- मारमोट (mārmoṭ)rodent of the genera Marmota
Hungarian mormota
- mormotarodent of the genera Marmota
Icelandic múrmeldýr
- múrmeldýrrodent of the genera Marmota
Irish marmat
- marmatrodent of the genera Marmota
Italian marmotta
- marmottarodent of the genera Marmota
Japanese マーモット
- マーモット (māmotto)rodent of the genera Marmota
Korean 마멋
- 마멋 (mameot)rodent of the genera Marmota
Latvian murkšķis
- murkšķisrodent of the genera Marmota
Lithuanian švilpikas
- švilpikasrodent of the genera Marmota
Malay marmut
- marmutrodent of the genera Marmota
Norwegian murmeldyr
- murmeldyrrodent of the genera Marmota
Persian مارموت
- مارموت (mârmut)rodent of the genera Marmota
Polish świstak, świszcz
- świstakrodent of the genera Marmota
- świszczrodent of the genera Marmota
Portuguese marmota
- marmotarodent of the genera Marmota
Romanian marmotă
- marmotărodent of the genera Marmota
Russian суро́к, байба́к
- суро́к (surók)rodent of the genera Marmota
- байба́к (bajbák)rodent of the genera Marmota
Slovak svišť
- svišťrodent of the genera Marmota
Spanish marmota
- marmotarodent of the genera Marmota
Swedish murmeldjur
- murmeldjurrodent of the genera Marmota
Thai มาร์มอต
- มาร์มอต (maa-mɔ́t)rodent of the genera Marmota
Turkish dağ sıçanı, marmot
- dağ sıçanırodent of the genera Marmota
- marmotrodent of the genera Marmota
Ukrainian баба́к, байба́к
- баба́к (babák)rodent of the genera Marmota
- байба́к (bajbák)rodent of the genera Marmota
Vietnamese macmôt, mác-mốt
- macmôtrodent of the genera Marmota
- mác-mốtrodent of the genera Marmota
Welsh twrlla, marmot
- twrllarodent of the genera Marmota
- marmotrodent of the genera Marmota
Cite this entry
marmot. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/marmot
“marmot.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/marmot. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “marmot,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/marmot.
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