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Les animaux (animals)
Here is a word list to learn the names of animals.
Enjoy !
Words
| French | English |
|---|---|
| la baleine | whale |
| la chèvre | goat |
| la girafe | giraffe |
| la limace | slug |
| la méduse | jellyfish |
| la poule | hen |
| la raie | skate |
| la sauterelle | grasshopper |
| la tortue | turtle |
| la vache | cow |
| l'araignée | spider |
| le canard | duck |
| le cerf | stag |
| le chat | cat |
| le cheval | horse |
| le chien | dog |
| le cochon | pig |
| le coq | cock |
| le criquet | locust |
| le crocodile | crocodile |
| le dauphin | dolphin |
| le faon | fawn |
| le hamster | hamster |
| le hérisson | hedgehog |
| le lapin | rabbit |
| le lion | lion |
| le loup | wolf |
| le morse | walrus |
| le moustique | mosquito |
| la mouche | fly |
| le mouton | sheep |
| le phoque | seal |
| le serpent | snake |
| le renard | fox |
| le requin | shark |
| le rhinocéros | rhinoceros |
| le sanglier | wild boar |
| le singe | monkey |
| le tigre | tiger |
| le zèbre | zebra |
| l'éléphant | elephant |
| l'escargot | snail |
| l'oiseau | bird |
| l'orque | killer-whale |
| l'ours | bear |
| le kangourou | kangaroo |
| Un écureuil | A squirrel |
| Une grenouille | A frog |
Expressions
Faire l'autruche / pratiquer la politique de l'autruche
We use this expression to talk about someone who refuses to face reality and prefers to bury his head in the ground "like an ostrich".
écraser une mouche avec un marteau-pilon
- Litteraly: crush a fly with a hammer
- Meaning: Take disproportionate measures to resolve a problem.
Appeller un chat un chat
litteraly call a cat a cat: Say thing frankly
Chat échaudé craint l'eau froide
- Litteraly: scalded cat fears cold water
- Meaning: every unhappy experience serves as a lesson of caution
Il pleut comme vache qui pisse
- Register: familiar
- literally: It rains like cow who pees.
- English Meaning: It’s raining very hard.
- French Meaning: Il pleut très fort.