Polyglot Dictionary

bourdon

/buʁ.dɔ̃/

le noun A2

le (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Core Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
les bourdons

Meaning

  1. bumblebee

    • Le bourdon butine paresseusement les fleurs.

      The bumblebee lazily gathers nectar from the flowers.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

Similar in other languages

German

Hummel

Hummel is the German word for the same thing — both mean "bumblebee."

Spanish

abejorro

abejorro is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "bumblebee."

Practice

1 What does bourdon mean?

2 Fill the gap: Le ___ butine paresseusement les fleurs.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches bourdon?

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