Polyglot Dictionary

fœtus

/fe.tys/

le 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 fœtus

Meaning

  1. fetus

    • Le fœtus bouge de plus en plus au fil des mois.

      The fetus moves more and more as the months go by.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

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Similar in other languages

Spanish

feto

feto is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "fetus."

Practice

1 What does fœtus mean?

2 Fill the gap: Le ___ bouge de plus en plus au fil des mois.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches fœtus?

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