🦊Dans la nature sauvage
Les animaux que vous pourriez croiser et les traces qu'ils laissent.
13 concepts
Les colonnes suivent les langues activées en haut. Le genre après le mot (m/f/n) ; l'API en dessous ; les notes, variantes et origines encore en dessous — rien n'est caché.
| Concept | English | Français | Español |
|---|---|---|---|
fox noun | fox Female: vixen. | renardm From Renart, the trickster hero of the medieval Roman de Renart — so popular it replaced the old word goupil entirely. | zorrom Zorra (f) is also a vulgar insult — use zorro or 'una zorra' with care. |
wolf noun | wolf pl. wolves | loupm Female: louve. 'Quand on parle du loup…' = speak of the devil. | lobom |
bear noun | bear Homophone of bare. | oursm The final s IS pronounced — an exception. Female: ourse. | osom Female: osa. La Osa Mayor = the Great Bear. |
deer noun | deer pl. deer Stag / doe / fawn. Once meant any animal (German Tier). | cerfm also: biche (doe), chevreuil (roe deer) Final f silent. | ciervom also: venado, corzo (roe deer) |
wild boar noun | wild boar | sanglierm Obélix's favourite dish. | jabalím Arabic jabalī, 'of the mountain'. |
rabbit noun | rabbit also: hare (bigger, wild), bunny | lapinm also: lièvre (hare) Poser un lapin à quelqu'un = to stand someone up. | conejom also: liebre (hare) |
squirrel noun | squirrel American: /ˈskwɝl/, one syllable-ish. | écureuilm | ardillaf /aɾˈðija/ for most speakers. |
owl noun | owl | hiboum pl. hiboux also: chouette (f — no ear tufts) Aspirated h: le hibou. Chouette also = great! | búhom also: lechuza (barn owl) |
eagle noun | eagle | aiglem | águilaf El águila (stressed a- takes el) but las águilas. |
snake noun | snake also: serpent (literary) | serpentm | serpientef also: culebra, víbora (viper) |
track / footprint noun | track also: footprint, trail | tracef also: empreinte | huellaf also: rastro, pista /ˈweja/ for most speakers. Huella dactilar = fingerprint. |
den / burrow noun | burrow also: den, lair, sett (badger) | terrierm also: tanière (den) Hence the terrier dog, bred to go down burrows. | madrigueraf also: guarida (lair) |
to hunt verb | to hunt | chasser Also to chase away. La chasse = hunting. | cazar La caza. Cazador = hunter. |