desman

== English == === Etymology === From French desman, German Desman, from Swedish desmanråtta (“muskrat”), from desman (“musk”, older also desma, desme), from Middle Low German dēsem, from Old Saxon desamo, alteration of *besamo (cf. Old High German bisamo), from Late Latin bisamum (“musk”), from Hebrew בושם (bāśām, bōśem). Doublet of balm and balsam. === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /ˈdɛsmən/ (US) IPA(key): /ˈdɛz.mən/ Hyphenation: des‧man === Noun === desman (plural desmans) Either of two species, Desmana moschata or Galemys pyrenaicus, of aquatic or semiaquatic insectivore of the mole family, Talpidae, found in Europe. ==== Derived terms ==== Iberian desman (Galemys pyrenaicus) Pyrenean desman (Galemys pyrenaicus) Russian desman (Desmana moschata) ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== === Anagrams === menads, amends, Masden, Edmans, Madsen, Amsden, Amends, demans, amends., Madens, Mandés == French == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /dɛs.mɑ̃/ === Noun === desman m (plural desmans) desman ==== Derived terms ==== desman des Pyrénées desman de Moscovie desman de Russie desman russe === Further reading === “desman”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Occitan == === Noun === desman m (plural desmans) Pyrenean desman (Galemys pyrenaicus) Synonym: rat trompeta === References === Gui Benoèt (2008), Las bèstias, Toulouse: IEO Edicions, →ISBN, page 156 as Desmana pyrenaica == Polish == === Etymology === Internationalism; possibly borrowed from German Desman, French desman or English desman. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈdɛs.man/ Rhymes: -ɛsman Syllabification: des‧man === Noun === desman m animal desman (any insectivore of the tribe Desmanini) Synonyms: chochoł, wychuchol ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “desman”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎[1] (in Polish) desmany in PWN's encyclopedia == Romanian == === Etymology === Borrowed from French desman. === Noun === desman m (plural desmani) desman ==== Declension ====