Polyglot Dictionary

canard

/ka.naʁ/

le noun A1

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 canards

Meaning

  1. duck

    • Le canard nage tranquillement sur l'étang.

      The duck swims calmly on the pond.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Animate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

Similar in other languages

German

Ente

Ente is the German word for the same thing — both mean "duck."

Spanish

ánade

ánade is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "duck."

Spanish

pato

pato is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "duck."

Portuguese

pato

pato is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "duck."

Practice

1 What does canard mean?

2 Fill the gap: Le ___ nage tranquillement sur l'étang.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches canard?

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