Marmot

Definition: Marmot

Marmot

Noun

1. Stocky coarse-furred burrowing rodent with a short bushy tail found throughout the northern hemisphere; hibernates in winter.

Date "marmot" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1842. (references)

Etymology: Marmot \Mar"mot\, noun. [Italian marmotta, marmotto, probably from Latin mus montanus, or mus montis, literally, mountain mouse or rat. See Mountain, and Mouse.]. (Websters 1913)

Specialty Definitions: Marmot

Domain	Definitions
Dream Interpretation	To dream of seeing a marmot, denotes that sly enemies are approaching you in the shape of fair women. For a young woman to dream of a marmot, foretells that temptation will beset her in the future. Source: Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted ....
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Synonyms within Context: Marmot

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Inactivity	Idler, drone, droil, dawdle, mopus; do-little faineant, dummy, sleeping partner; afternoon farmer; truant; (runaway) : bummer, loafer, goldbrick, goldbicker, lounger, lazzarone; lubber, lubbard; slow coach; (slow.); opium eater, lotus eater; slug; lag, sluggard, slugabed; slumberer, dormouse, marmot; waiter on Providence, fruges consumere natus.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Marmot

English words defined with "marmot": Bobac ♦ flying marmot ♦ groundhog ♦ hoary marmot ♦ Marmot squirrel, Marmota caligata, Marmota flaviventris, Marmota monax ♦ Prairie dog, Prairie marmot ♦ rockchuck ♦ Whistler, whistling marmot, woodchuck ♦ yellowbelly marmot. (references)

Specialty definitions using "marmot": Marmot. (references)

Etymologies containing "marmot": marmoset. (references)

Non-English Usage: "Marmot" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses.

Albanian (marmot).

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Modern Usage: Marmot

Domain	Usage
Screenplays	Hey, nice marmot! (The Big Lebowski; writing credit: Ethan Coen; Joel Coen)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Marmot

Domain	Title
Books	The Biogeochemistry of mountain stream waters : the Marmot system : a report (reference) The marmot drive (reference) The Vancouver Island marmot : status and management plan (reference) There's a Marmot on the Telephone (reference) Vancouver Island marmot bones from subalpine caves : archaeological and biological significance (reference) (more book examples)

Theater & Movies	Marmot Mountain/Yellowstone Below Zer (reference) (more DVD examples; more video examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Image Slideshow: Marmot

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Use in Literature: Marmot

Title	Author	Quote
Les Miserables	Hugo, Victor	Monsieur cure, he is a little fellow, about ten years old, with a marmot, I think and a hurdygurdy.
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Usage Frequency: Marmot

"Marmot" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 75.00% of the time. "Marmot" is used about 12 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	75%	9	117,287
Noun (proper)	25%	3	202,518
Total	100.00%	12	N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expressions: Marmot

Expressions using "marmot": flying marmot ♦ hoary marmot ♦ Leopard marmot ♦ Marmot squirrel ♦ prairie marmot ♦ whistling marmot ♦ yellowbelly marmot. Additional references.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Marmot

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day	Expression	Frequency per Day
marmot	541	marmot basin	7
marmot tent	44	marmot photo	7
marmot and sleeping bag	30	equinox marmot tent	7
marmot precip	23	marmot helium sleeping bag	6
marmot jacket	17	marmot pinnacle	6
vancouver island marmot	16	marmot lodge jasper	6
marmot precip jacket	15	marmot racer x	6
marmot clothing	13	marmot climbing jacket	6
marmot helium	12	animal marmot	6
marmot hardshell	12	marmot fusion	6
marmot backpack	11	marmot equinox	5
marmot mountain works	10	marmot sawtooth	5
marmot hydrogen	10	helium marmot sale	5
marmot lodge	10	marmot talus	5
bellied marmot yellow	9	anorak marmot precip	5
marmot driclime windshirt	9	marmot liquid steel	5
hoary marmot	8	marmot windshirt	5
marmot picture	8	marmot nutshell	5
marmot oracle	8	marmot mountain work	5
marmot mountain	8	marmot gear	5
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Marmot

Language		Translations for "marmot"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		marmot. (various references)

Arabic		‏المرموط من القوارض. (various references)

Bulgarian		мармот. (various references)

Chinese		鼫 (long-tailed marmot). (various references)

Danish		Murmeldyr (Alpine marmot, true marmot), mexikansk praeriehund (Mexican dog marmot, Mexican prairie marmot). (various references)

Dutch		mexicaanse prairiehond (Mexican dog marmot, Mexican prairie marmot), Marmot (Alpine marmot, true marmot), langstaartmarmot (long-tailed marmot), Himalaya-marmot (Himalayan marmot). (various references)

Finnish		murmeli. (various references)

French		marmotte (Alpine marmot, true marmot). (various references)

German		murmeltier (Alpine marmot, groundhog, true marmot). (various references)

Greek		αρκτόμυσ (woodchuck). (various references)

Hebrew		מרמיט�" (dormouse, woodchuck). (various references)

Hungarian		mormota (woodchuck). (various references)

Inuktitut		siksik. (various references)

Italian		marmotta (alpine marmot, lazybones, true marmot). (various references)

Manx		lugh slieau. (various references)

Pig Latin		armotmay

Portuguese		sagui. (various references)

Russian		сурок (ground hog, groundhog, woodchuck). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		mrmot. (various references)

Spanish		marmota (Alpine marmot, true marmot). (various references)

Swedish		murmeldjur (woodchuck). (various references)

Turkish		dağ sıçanı (ground hog). (various references)

Ukranian		бабак. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: Marmot

Language	Period	Translations
Latin	500 BCE-Modern	Cynomys mexicanus, Marmota caudata, Marmota himalayana, Marmota marmota, RM:muntanella. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Marmot

Derivations
	Words beginning with "marmot": marmots. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Marmot" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: armot, Barmoot, Farmcote, Harmut, Karmuta, mafremo, Mahmod, mammot, mammott, mammut, marcot, Mardood, margot, marma, Marment, marmit, marmo, Marmol, marmont, marnit, Marnoch, martom, mavromati, Mazmoor, Mbarnoti, Memmott, Mermet, Meymott, morgoth, mormaor. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Marmot"

Words rhyming with "marmot" (pronounced 'Mar"mot'): Bonmot, Carmot, motmot. (additional references)

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Anagrams: Marmot

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-m-m-o-r-t"
	-1 letter: amort.
	-2 letters: ammo, atom, mart, moat, mora, mort, rato, roam, rota, taro, tora, tram.
	-3 letters: arm, art, mar, mat, moa, mom, mor, mot, oar, oat, ora, ort, ram, rat, rom, rot, tam, tao, tar, tom, tor.
	-4 letters: am, ar, at, ma, mm, mo, om, or, ta, to.
	Words containing the letters "a-m-m-o-r-t"
	+1 letter: marmots.
	+2 letters: immortal, marmoset, mortmain, motorman, roommate, tomogram.
	+3 letters: atmometer, dermatome, hammertoe, immolator, immortals, maelstrom, manometer, manometry, marmosets, martyrdom, matrimony, momentary, mortmains, roommates, tomograms.
	+4 letters: anemometer, anemometry, antemortem, atmometers, commentary, commutator, dermatomal, dermatomes, hammertoes, immoderate, immolators, immoralist, immorality, immortally, maelstroms, manometers, manometric, martyrdoms, matronymic, monetarism, moratorium, stramonium, thermogram.
	+5 letters: achromatism, amalgamator, anemometers, bombardment, commemorate, commentator, comminatory, commiserate, commutators, compartment, consummator, crematorium, dynamometer, dynamometry, immigration, immoralists, immortalise, immortality, immortalize, macrogamete, manometries, matrimonial, matrimonies, matronymics, memorialist, meprobamate, metamorphic, microgamete, momentarily, monetarisms, monochromat, moratoriums, recommittal, romanticism, stramoniums, tautomerism, thermograms.
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