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# mouton

noun (mouton, uncountable); French word (le mouton)

«mouton» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. (French) «Mouton» is the French word for sheep, and also for mutton (sheep meat); to an English ear it sounds like «moo-TON» with a nasal end. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mouton/#m1)
2. In English, mouton is sheepskin that has been treated to look like beaver or seal fur, used for coats. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mouton/#m2)

### In the lessons

In French lessons it is a farm animal word («un mouton»: a sheep). Also the source of English «mutton». It is not an ordinary English word for the animal; say «sheep». Phrases: «(French) un mouton», «revenons à nos moutons» (let's get back to the point).

### Examples

- (French) «Un mouton» means «a sheep». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mouton/#x1)
- (French) «Les moutons sont dans le champ»: the sheep are in the field. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mouton/#x2)
- The English word «mutton» comes from French «mouton». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mouton/#x3)
- Grandma's old coat has a mouton collar. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mouton/#x4)
- (French) Le Petit Prince asks the pilot to draw him a mouton. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mouton/#x5)
- In French class we counted moutons. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mouton/#x6)
- (French) «Revenons à nos moutons» means «let's get back to the subject». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mouton/#x7)
- A mouton is just a sheep, not a special animal. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mouton/#x8)

### Note

In French it is masculine: le mouton, les moutons (the final s is silent). In English it is rare and uncountable. Note: English has two words, sheep (animal) and mutton (meat), while French uses mouton for both.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «mouton» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mouton/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«mouton» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/mouton.html) on Mova free.