mastodont

English

Noun

mastodont (plural mastodonts)

1. Alternative form of mastodon

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from French mastodonte.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [məs.tuˈðɔn]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [məs.toˈðɔnt]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [mas.toˈðɔnt]

Noun

mastodont m (plural mastodonts)

1. mastodon

Further reading

• “mastodont” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French mastodonte.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌmɑs.toːˈdɔnt/

• Audio

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• Hyphenation: mas‧to‧dont
• Rhymes: -ɔnt

Noun

mastodont m (plural mastodonten, diminutive mastodontje n)

1. mastodon, mammal of the family Mammutidae, especially of the genus Mammut [from 1807]
   • 1807 April 3, “Wetenschappen, letteren en kunsten”, in Koninklijke courant, number 80, page 3:

     Het is deze laatſte bijzonderheid, die uitgedrukt wordt door den geſlachtsnaam van Mastodonten, of dieren met borst-voerende tanden, welken de Heer Cuvier hun gegeven heeft.

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2. someone or something of enormous size

Polish

mastodont

Etymology

Internationalism; compare English mastodon, French mastodonte, German Mastodon, ultimately from New Latin mastodon, from Ancient Greek μαστός (mastós) + ὀδούς (odoús).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /masˈtɔ.dɔnt/

• Audio

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɔdɔnt
• Syllabification: mas‧to‧dont

Noun

mastodont m animal (related adjective mastodontowy)

1. (paleontology) mastodon (any elephant-like mammal of the genus Mammut)
2. (figurative) colossus (creature or thing of gigantic size)

   Synonyms: kolos, olbrzym

3. (figurative, humorous) dinosaur (person who has been active longer than their peers, especially an artist)

   Synonyms: dinozaur, mamut, weteran

4. (figurative, derogatory) dinosaur (old-fashioned person)

   Synonyms: dinozaur, mamut

5. (figurative, derogatory) something that has an outdated design or organization

Declension

Declension of mastodont

	singular	plural
nominative	mastodont	mastodonty
genitive	mastodonta	mastodontów
dative	mastodontowi	mastodontom
accusative	mastodonta	mastodonty
instrumental	mastodontem	mastodontami
locative	mastodoncie	mastodontach
vocative	mastodoncie	mastodonty

Further reading

• mastodont in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• mastodont in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French mastodonte.

Noun

mastodont m (plural mastodonți)

1. mastodon

Declension

Declension of mastodont

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) mastodont	mastodontul	(niște) mastodonți	mastodonții
genitive/dative	(unui) mastodont	mastodontului	(unor) mastodonți	mastodonților
vocative	mastodontule		mastodonților

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From New Latin mastodon.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mastǒdont/
• Hyphenation: mas‧to‧dont

Noun

mastòdont m (Cyrillic spelling масто̀донт)

1. mastodon

Declension

Declension of mastodont

	singular	plural
nominative	mastòdont	mastodonti
genitive	mastodonta	mastòdonātā
dative	mastodontu	mastodontima
accusative	mastodonta	mastodonte
vocative	mastodonte	mastodonti
locative	mastodontu	mastodontima
instrumental	mastodontom	mastodontima

References

• “mastodont” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Swedish

Noun

mastodont c

1. a mastodon (extinct elephant-like mammal)
2. (figuratively) a mastodon, a mammoth (something huge)

Declension

Declension of mastodont
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	mastodont	mastodonten	mastodonter	mastodonterna
Genitive	mastodonts	mastodontens	mastodonters	mastodonternas

Derived terms

• mastodontfilm (“epic film”)

Related terms

• mastodontisk

References

• mastodont in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• mastodont in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• mastodont in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)