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mouflon

/ˈmuːflɑn/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.29 in modern English

Syllables
mou-flon
IPA
/ˈmuːflɑn/
12
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A species of wild sheep, Ovis orientalis musimon, syn. Ovis aries musimon, endemic to Sardinia and Corsica.

Example Sentences

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French mouflon, from Italian muflone. From 1765–1775.

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /ˈmuːflɑn/
  • British English: /ˈmuːflɒn/

Inflected Forms

mouflons (plural) moufflon (alternative) mufflon (alternative, obsolete) muflon (alternative, obsolete)

Synonyms

moufflon ovis musimon

Questions

How do you pronounce mouflon?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈmuːflɑn/.
What does mouflon mean?
A species of wild sheep, Ovis orientalis musimon, syn. Ovis aries musimon, endemic to Sardinia and Corsica.
Where does mouflon come from?
Unadapted borrowing from French mouflon, from Italian muflone. From 1765–1775.

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