Polyglot Dictionary

fourmi

/fuʁ.mi/

la 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 fourmis

Meaning

  1. ant

    • Les fourmis transportent des miettes de pain.

      The ants carry bread crumbs.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Animate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

Similar in other languages

German

Ameise

Ameise is the German word for the same thing — both mean "ant."

Spanish

hormiga

hormiga is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "ant."

Portuguese

formiga

formiga is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "ant."

Practice

1 What does fourmi mean?

2 Fill the gap: Les ___ transportent des miettes de pain.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches fourmi?

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