lamantin
French, noun/la.mɑ̃.tɛ̃/
lamantin is spelled L-A-M-A-N-T-I-N (8 letters) and appears about once in every 7 million words in written French, the 87,470th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Lamantin is a French masculine noun meaning “manatee” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Mammifère aquatique herbivore voisin du dugong, du genre Trichechus”.
What does lamantin mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinemanatee
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Mammifère aquatique herbivore voisin du dugong, du genre Trichechus.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of lamantin
- lamantins plural
- lamantine
- lamentin
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce lamantin?
- /la.mɑ̃.tɛ̃/
- \la.mɑ̃.tɛ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to lamantin
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is lamantin in French?
lamantin appears about once in every 7 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).