What does mouton in French mean?

What is the meaning of the word mouton in French? The article explains the full meaning, pronunciation along with bilingual examples and instructions on how to use mouton in French.

The word mouton in French means sheep, mutton, sheepskin, sheep, dust ball, fluff ball, foam, play leapfrog, rare bird, sheep, lemming, black sheep, leapfrog, mutton. To learn more, please see the details below.

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Meaning of the word mouton

sheep

nom masculin (mammifère ovin) (animal)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Ce sont les moutons qui donnent la laine.
Wool comes from sheep.

mutton

nom masculin (viande de cet animal) (meat)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
À midi, nous avons mangé du mouton.
We ate mutton for lunch.

sheepskin

nom masculin (laine ou peau de cet animal) (hide)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Il porte une veste en mouton.
He's wearing a sheepskin jacket.

sheep

nom masculin (figuré (personne crédule) (person: figurative)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Dans cette histoire, c'est lui le mouton.
He's the sheep in this story.

dust ball, fluff ball

nom masculin (amas de poussière)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Il y avait des moutons sous le lit.
There were dust balls under the bed.

foam

nom masculin pluriel (vagues avec de l'écume) (uncountable)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
J'ai toujours aimé observer les moutons créés par les vagues.
I have always liked watching the white horses created by the waves.

play leapfrog

locution verbale (sauter par dessus un camarade)

rare bird

nom masculin (figuré ([qqn/qch] de rare) (figurative)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

sheep, lemming

nom masculin (figuré (suiveur) (figurative)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

black sheep

nom masculin (personne mis à l'écart) (figurative)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

leapfrog

nom masculin invariable (jeu d'enfant)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Les enfants aiment bien jouer à saute-mouton.

mutton

nom féminin (mouton cuisiné) (sheep's meat)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
La viande de mouton est très consommée dans les pays arabes.

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