"モルモット" meaning in Japanese

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Noun

IPA: [mo̞ɾɯ̟mo̞t̚to̞] Forms: morumotto [romanization]
Etymology: Borrowed from Dutch marmot, so-called due to Dutch traders mistakenly identifying guinea pigs as marmots when they first brought them to Nagasaki in 1843. Doublet of マーモット (māmotto, “marmot”) and マルモット (marumotto, “marmot”). Etymology templates: {{bor|ja|nl|marmot}} Dutch marmot, {{doublet|ja}} Doublet, {{ja-r|マーモット||marmot}} マーモット (māmotto, “marmot”), {{ja-r|マルモット||marmot}} マルモット (marumotto, “marmot”) Head templates: {{ja-noun}} モルモット • (morumotto)
  1. a guinea pig Synonyms: 天竺鼠, ギニーピッグ
    Sense id: en-モルモット-ja-noun-g0CwAUJV Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Caviomorphs Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 45 55 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 52 48 Disambiguation of Caviomorphs: 55 45
  2. (informal, idiomatic) a guinea pig (an experimental subject) Tags: idiomatic, informal
    Sense id: en-モルモット-ja-noun-UjN3yywN Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese katakana, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Caviomorphs Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 31 69 Disambiguation of Japanese katakana: 43 57 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 35 65 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 39 61 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 39 61 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 45 55 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 52 48 Disambiguation of Caviomorphs: 55 45

Alternative forms

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Download raw JSONL data for モルモット meaning in Japanese (2.3kB)

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