Wombat
Sponsored by Jamie HutchinsonCame first in group 1019 in round 1 with 284 votesbeat Persiflage on 214 votesbeat Knead on 98 votesbeat Gallop on 86 votes
Came first in group 255 in round 2 with 515 votesbeat Boondocks on 221 votesbeat Ersatz on 214 votesbeat Leeward on 176 votes
Lost in group 128 in round 3 with 693 votesbeaten by Bumptious on 784 votes
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Dharug wambad, wambaj, or wambag. It was originally written whom-batt in English.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (US) IPA(key): /ˈwɑmˌbæt/
- (UK, Canada) IPA(key): /ˈwɒm.bæt/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -ɑmbæt, -ɒmbæt
Noun
[edit]wombat (plural wombats)
- Any of several herbivorous, burrowing marsupials, of the family Vombatidae, mainly found in southern and eastern Australia.
- (Australia, slang) A slow and stupid person; a dullard.
Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]marsupial
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Dutch
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]wombat m (plural wombats, diminutive wombatje n)
French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]wombat m (plural wombats)
- wombat
- Synonym: (dated) phascolome
Further reading
[edit]- “wombat”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Indonesian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From English wombat, from Dharug wambad, wambaj, or wambag.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]wombat
Interlingua
[edit]Noun
[edit]wombat
Polish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Orthographic borrowing from English wombat, from Dharug wambad, wambaj, or wambag.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]wombat m animal
Declension
[edit]Declension of wombat
Derived terms
[edit]noun
Further reading
[edit]- wombat in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese
[edit]Pronunciation
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Noun
[edit]wombat m (plural wombats)
- Alternative form of vombate
Romanian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]wombat m (plural wombați)
Declension
[edit]singular | plural | ||||
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indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | ||
nominative-accusative | wombat | wombatul | wombați | wombații | |
genitive-dative | wombat | wombatului | wombați | wombaților | |
vocative | wombatule | wombaților |