woodchuck

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Cree ocêk, otchek (“fisher”), borrowed from Ojibwe ojiig (“fisher, marten”), or a similar term in a related Algonquian language, subsequently reapplied to the groundhog.

An earlier form of this word, woodshock, still sometimes designates the marten. Also a doublet of wejack.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈwʊd.t͡ʃʌk/

Noun

woodchuck (plural woodchucks)

1. (Northern US) A rodent of the family Sciuridae, belonging to the group of large ground squirrels known as marmots, Marmota monax.

   Synonyms: groundhog, whistle pig, land-beaver, moonack

Translations

rodent of the family Sciuridae

• Algonquin: akokodjìc
• Bulgarian: северноамерикански мармот m (severnoamerikanski marmot)
• Cherokee: ᎣᎦᏅ (oganv)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 美洲旱獺 / 美洲旱獭 (Měizhōu hàntǎ), 北美土撥鼠 / 北美土拨鼠 (Běiměi tǔbōshǔ)

• Czech: svišť lesní m
• Dutch: bosmarmot (nl)
• Finnish: metsämurmeli (fi)
• French: marmotte (d’Amérique) f, siffleux (fr) m
• German: Waldmurmeltier n
• Greek: αρκτόμυς m (arktómys), μαρμότα (el) f (marmóta)
• Hungarian: erdei mormota (hu)
• Italian: marmotta (it) f
• Lithuanian: miškinis švilpikas m
• Navajo: dlǫ́ʼátsoh
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: skogmurmeldyr n

• Pennsylvania German: Grundsau
• Plautdietsch: Ieedhunt m
• Polish: świszcz (pl) m, świstak amerykański (pl) m
• Portuguese: marmota americana f
• Russian: суро́к (ru) m (surók)
• Spanish: marmota (americana) f
• Swedish: skogsmurmeldjur n
• Turkish: dağ sıçanı (tr)
• Unami: munhake
• Welsh: twrlla m, twrlla llwyd m

Further reading

• woodchuck on Wikipedia.Wikipedia