marmota

Borrowed from French marmotte.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [mərˈmɔ.tə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [maɾˈmɔ.ta]

• Audio (Barcelona):

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marmota f (plural marmotes)

1. marmot

• “marmota”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026

marmota

1. inflection of marmotus:
   1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

marmotā

1. ablative feminine singular of marmotus

From Italian marmotta, from French marmotte, from Old Franco-Provençal marmotan, from Latin mūris montānus (“mountain rat”). Compare English marmot.

marmota f

1. marmot

• “marmota” in Cimbrian, Ladin, Mòcheno: Getting to know 3 peoples. 2015. Servizio minoranze linguistiche locali della Provincia autonoma di Trento, Trento, Italy.

Borrowed from French marmotte.

marmota f (plural marmotas)

1. marmot

• “marmota”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “marmota”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Borrowed from French marmotte.

• IPA^(key): /maɾˈmota/ [maɾˈmo.t̪a]

• Audio (Spain):

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• Rhymes: -ota
• Syllabification: mar‧mo‧ta

marmota f (plural marmotas)

1. marmot
2. groundhog (ellipsis of marmota canadiense)

• “marmota”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025