mouton
French, noun/mu.tɔ̃/
mouton is spelled M-O-U-T-O-N (6 letters) and appears 8.3 times per million words in written French, the 7,671st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Mouton is a French masculine noun meaning “sheep (animal)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Mammifère herbivore de la famille des ovidés, à poils laineux et frisés”.
What does mouton mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinesheep (animal)
- 2
masculinemutton (meat)
- 3
masculinelemming, sheep (someone who follows a crowd and succumbs to groupthink)
- 4
masculinemouton (coin)
- 5
masculinedust bunny
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Mammifère herbivore de la famille des ovidés, à poils laineux et frisés. 2. Les béliers, brebis et agneaux, quand ils sont en troupe. 3. Bélier châtré qu’on engraisse pour la boucherie. 4. Viande de cet animal.
noun: 1. Personne habitant Saint-Gorgon-Main ou qui en est originaire.
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 mouton
- moutons plural
- brebis
- moutonne
- bélier
- Moutons plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce mouton?
- /mu.tɔ̃/
- \mu.tɔ̃\
- \mu.ˈtɔŋ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to mouton
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is mouton in French?
mouton appears 8.3 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).