mastodonte

Created in 1806 by Georges Cuvier from Ancient Greek μαστός (mastós, “breast”) + ὀδούς (odoús, “tooth”)

mastodonte m (plural mastodontes)

1. mastodon (extinct elephant-like mammal of the genus Mammut)

   Hypernym: mammouth

2. (figuratively) mammoth (something very large)

   Synonym: mammouth

• “mastodonte”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

mastodonte m (plural mastodonti)

1. mastodon (extinct elephant-like mammal of the genus Mammut)
2. (by extension) a large, clumsy person

From masto- + -odonte (from Ancient Greek ὀδών (odṓn)).

mastodonte m (plural mastodontes)

1. mastodon (extinct elephant-like mammal of the genus Mammut)

• mamute

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

Borrowed from French mastodonte.

• IPA^(key): /mastoˈdonte/ [mas.t̪oˈð̞õn̪.t̪e]

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• Rhymes: -onte
• Syllabification: mas‧to‧don‧te

mastodonte m (plural mastodontes)

1. mastodon (extinct elephant-like mammal of the genus Mammut)

• mamut

• “mastodonte”, 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