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Yes. The word mouton is a Scrabble US word. The word mouton is worth 8 points in Scrabble:

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Is mouton a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word mouton is a Scrabble UK word and has 8 points:

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6-letter words (1 found)

MOUTON,

5-letter words (3 found)

MOUNT,MUTON,NOTUM,

4-letter words (14 found)

MONO,MOON,MOOT,MOTU,MUNT,MUON,NOUT,ONTO,OONT,TOMO,TOOM,TOON,TOUN,UNTO,

3-letter words (20 found)

MON,MOO,MOT,MOU,MUN,MUT,NOM,NOO,NOT,NUT,ONO,OOM,OON,OOT,OUT,TOM,TON,TOO,TUM,TUN,

2-letter words (12 found)

MO,MU,NO,NU,OM,ON,OO,OU,TO,UM,UN,UT,

You can make 50 words from mouton according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of mouton

mouton

Etymology

Borrowed from French mouton (“sheep”). Doublet of mutton.

Noun

mouton (countable and uncountable, plural moutons)

  1. (countable, historical) A 14th-century French gold coin, weighing about 70 grains.
  2. Sheepskin processed to resemble beaver or seal fur.
    Synonym: beaver lamb

Related terms

  • mouton enragé
  • return to one's muttons

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French mouton, from Old French mouton, from Vulgar Latin moltō, from Gaulish *multon-, from Proto-Celtic *moltos.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mu.tɔ̃/

Noun

mouton m (plural moutons)

  1. sheep (animal)
  2. mutton (meat)
  3. (figuratively) lemming, sheep (someone who follows a crowd and succumbs to groupthink)
  4. mouton (coin)
  5. dust bunny
    Synonym: (Northern France) moumoute

Derived terms

  • haricot de mouton
  • mouton à cinq pattes
  • mouton de Panurge
  • mouton noir
  • revenir à ses moutons
  • saute-mouton

Descendants

  • Haitian Creole: mouton
  • Louisiana Creole: mouton
  • Seychellois Creole: mouton
  • → English: mouton
  • >? Galician: motóa

See also

  • bélier
  • brebis

Further reading

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

Haitian Creole

Etymology

From French mouton (“sheep”), ultimately from Proto-Celtic *moltos.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mu.tɔ̃/

Noun

mouton

  1. sheep

Louisiana Creole

Etymology

From French mouton (“sheep”), ultimately from Proto-Celtic *moltos.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mu.tɔ̃/

Noun

mouton

  1. sheep
    faib comme ein mouton ― weak as a sheep
    troup mouton ― flock of sheep

Derived terms

  • dite mouton (“sheep tea, medicinal tea used for a fever”)

See also

  • bè (“baa”)
  • bele (“to bleat”)

References

  • Albert Valdman (1998) “mouton”, in Albert Valdman, Kevin J. Rottet, Margaret M. Marshall, Thomas A. Klingler, editors, Dictionary of Louisiana Creole‎[2], Indiana University Press, →ISBN, page 319

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French mouton, Vulgar Latin moltō, from Gaulish *multon-, from Proto-Celtic *moltos.

Noun

mouton m (plural moutons)

  1. sheep

Descendants

  • French: mouton
    • Haitian Creole: mouton
    • Louisiana Creole: mouton
    • Seychellois Creole: mouton
    • → English: mouton
    • >? Galician: motóa

Norman

Etymology

From Old French mouton, from Vulgar Latin moltō, from Gaulish *multon-, from Proto-Celtic *moltos.

Noun

mouton m (plural moutons)

  1. (Jersey) sheep
  2. (Jersey) mutton
  3. (Jersey) battering ram

Derived terms

  • hèrbe à moutons (“sheep's fescue”)
  • trêfl'ye à moutons (“black medic”)

Old French

Alternative forms

  • moton, multon, multum, mutun, multun

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin moltō, from Gaulish *multon-, from Proto-Celtic *moltos.

Noun

mouton oblique singular, m (oblique plural moutons, nominative singular moutons, nominative plural mouton)

  1. sheep (animal)
  2. mutton (meat)

Descendants

  • Middle French: mouton
    • French: mouton
      • Haitian Creole: mouton
      • Louisiana Creole: mouton
      • Seychellois Creole: mouton
      • → English: mouton
      • >? Galician: motóa
  • Norman: mouton
  • Walloon: moton
  • → Middle English: motoun, moton, motun, moten, mutoun, motone, mutton, motton, motene
    • English: mutton
    • Scots: mutton
    • Yola: muthon, mothoon

Seychellois Creole

Etymology

From French mouton, ultimately from Proto-Celtic *moltos.

Noun

mouton

  1. sheep

References

  • Danielle D’Offay et Guy Lionnet, Diksyonner Kreol - Franse / Dictionnaire Créole Seychellois - Français

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