manatee

English

Trichechus manatus

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish manatí, from a Cariban language.

Pronunciation

(UK) enPR: mănʹə-tēˊ, IPA^(key): /ˈmæn.əˌtiː/
Rhymes: -ænəti

Noun

manatee (plural manatees or manatee)

Any of several plant-eating marine mammals, of family Trichechidae, found in tropical regions.
There are no manatees in Armenia. Nor in Japan, for that matter.
A gray colour, like that of a manatee.
manatee colour:

Synonyms

lamantin, sea cow

Derived terms

Manatee County

Descendants

→ Japanese: マナティー (manatī)

Translations

any of several plant-eating marine mammals, of family Trichechidae

Afrikaans: lamantyn, manatee
Albanian: lopë deti
Armenian: լամանտին (lamantin)
Asturian: manatí (ast) m
Azerbaijani: lamantinlər
Basque: manatiak
Breton: ejen-mor
Catalan: manatí
Cherokee: ᎹᎾᏘ (manati)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 海牛 (zh) (hǎiniú)
Danish: søko c, manater
Dutch: zeekoe (nl) f, lamantijn (nl) m
Esperanto: manato
Estonian: lamantiin
Faroese: sjókúgv f
Finnish: manaatti (fi)
French: lamantin (fr) m
Galibi Carib: jarawa
Galician: manatí (gl)
German: Rundschwanzseekuh f, Manati m
Alemannic German: Manati

Hawaiian: lākamikini
Ido: lamantino (io)
Indonesian: lembu laut (id)
Irish: bó mhara f
Italian: lamantino (it) m
Japanese: マナティー (ja) (manatī)
Korean: 매너티 (maeneoti)
Latin: manatus (la) m
Latvian: lamantīni, manati
Malay: manati, lembu laut
Navajo: béégashiitsoh naʼałkǫ́ǫ́ʼígíí
Polish: manat (pl) m
Portuguese: peixe-boi (pt) m, manati (pt) m, manatim m
Romanian: lamantin (ro) m
Russian: ламанти́н (ru) m (lamantín), морска́я коро́ва f (morskája koróva)
Spanish: manatí (es) m
Swahili: manatii
Swedish: sjöko c
Tagalog: manati
Welsh: morfuwch f, manatî m
West Frisian: lamantinen
Wolof: leraw

See also

Anagrams

emanate, enemata

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