"matou" meaning in French

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    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "lou",
            "2": "matou"
          },
          "expansion": "Louisiana Creole: matou",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Louisiana Creole: matou"
    }
  ],
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        "2": "gem",
        "3": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Germanic",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "Marcou"
      },
      "expansion": "Marcou",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "Markolf"
      },
      "expansion": "Markolf",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "Marcoux"
      },
      "expansion": "Marcoux",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "maître",
        "t": "master"
      },
      "expansion": "maître (“master”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "title": "imitative"
      },
      "expansion": "imitative",
      "name": "onomatopoeic"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sla-pro",
        "2": "*maca",
        "t": "pussycat"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Slavic *maca (“pussycat”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Perhaps from the Germanic personal name Marcou, Markolf (see Marcoux), or from a derivation of maître (“master”), or possibly imitative and akin to Proto-Slavic *maca (“pussycat”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "matous",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m"
      },
      "expansion": "matou m (plural matous)",
      "name": "fr-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "French",
  "lang_code": "fr",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "French entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "French onomatopoeias",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "lifeform",
          "langcode": "fr",
          "name": "Cats",
          "orig": "fr:Cats",
          "parents": [
            "Felids",
            "Carnivores",
            "Mammals",
            "Vertebrates",
            "Chordates",
            "Animals",
            "Lifeforms",
            "All topics",
            "Life",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nature"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "tom (male cat)"
      ],
      "id": "en-matou-fr-noun-edWbdAjZ",
      "links": [
        [
          "tom",
          "tom"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ma.tu/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-u"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "matous"
    },
    {
      "audio": "Fr-Paris--matou.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/9/9d/Fr-Paris--matou.ogg/Fr-Paris--matou.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9d/Fr-Paris--matou.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Paris"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Paris)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "matou"
}

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  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "lou",
            "2": "matou"
          },
          "expansion": "Louisiana Creole: matou",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Louisiana Creole: matou"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "gem",
        "3": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Germanic",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "Marcou"
      },
      "expansion": "Marcou",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "Markolf"
      },
      "expansion": "Markolf",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "Marcoux"
      },
      "expansion": "Marcoux",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "maître",
        "t": "master"
      },
      "expansion": "maître (“master”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "title": "imitative"
      },
      "expansion": "imitative",
      "name": "onomatopoeic"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sla-pro",
        "2": "*maca",
        "t": "pussycat"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Slavic *maca (“pussycat”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Perhaps from the Germanic personal name Marcou, Markolf (see Marcoux), or from a derivation of maître (“master”), or possibly imitative and akin to Proto-Slavic *maca (“pussycat”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "matous",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m"
      },
      "expansion": "matou m (plural matous)",
      "name": "fr-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "French",
  "lang_code": "fr",
  "pos": "noun",
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    {
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        "French 2-syllable words",
        "French countable nouns",
        "French entries with incorrect language header",
        "French lemmas",
        "French masculine nouns",
        "French nouns",
        "French onomatopoeias",
        "French terms derived from Germanic languages",
        "French terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "French terms with audio links",
        "French terms with homophones",
        "Rhymes:French/u",
        "Rhymes:French/u/2 syllables",
        "fr:Cats"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "tom (male cat)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "tom",
          "tom"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ma.tu/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-u"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "matous"
    },
    {
      "audio": "Fr-Paris--matou.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/9/9d/Fr-Paris--matou.ogg/Fr-Paris--matou.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9d/Fr-Paris--matou.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Paris"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Paris)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "matou"
}