opossum

From Powhatan aposoum (“white animal”), from Proto-Algonquian *wa·p-aʔθemwa (“white dog”); compare Ojibwe waabasim (“white dog”).

• (UK) IPA^(key): /əˈpɒsəm/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• (US) enPR: ə-päsʹəm, IPA^(key): /əˈpɑsəm/^[1][2][3] or in abbreviated form like possum, as /ˈpɑsəm/^[1][2]
• Hyphenation: o‧pos‧sum

opossum (plural opossums)

2. Any American marsupial of the family Didelphidae. The common species of the United States is Didelphis virginiana.

• possum (US)

• → Catalan: opòssum
• → Finnish: opossumi
• → Irish: apasam

• yapok

• “opossum”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• Didelphidae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Didelphidae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Borrowed from English opossum, from Powhatan aposoum (“white animal”).

• IPA^(key): /oˈposːum/

opossum m (plural opossi)

1. opossum

• “opossum” in INFCOR: Banca di dati di a lingua corsa

Borrowed from English opossum, from Powhatan aposoum (“white animal”), from Proto-Algonquian *wa·p-aʔθemwa (“white dog”).

• IPA^(key): /ˌoːˈpɔ.sʏm/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: opos‧sum

opossum m (plural opossums, diminutive opossumpje n)

1. opossum, marsupial of the family Didelphidae

   Synonym: buidelrat

• IPA^(key): /ɔ.pɔ.sɔm/

• Audio:

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opossum m (plural opossums)

1. opossum

   Synonyms: sarigue; (Louisiana) rat de bois

• “opossum”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.