Polyglot Dictionary

couleuvre

/ku.lœvʁ/

la noun B1

le (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
les couleuvres

Meaning

  1. grass snake

    • La couleuvre est inoffensive pour l'homme.

      The grass snake is harmless to humans.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Animate Countability Mass Scope Individual

Similar words

serpent

Serpent is the general word for a snake; couleuvre specifically names a harmless grass snake.

Similar in other languages

German

Ringelnatter

Ringelnatter is the German word for the same thing — both mean "grass snake."

Practice

1 What does couleuvre mean?

2 Fill the gap: La ___ est inoffensive pour l'homme.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches couleuvre?

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