fourmilier

/fuʁ.mi.lje/

le noun C1

le (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Academic Domain General Tone Neutral
Word fingerprint: Register: neutral. Era: current. Frequency: academic. Domain: general. Connotation: neutral.

Forms

plural
les fourmiliers

Meaning

  1. anteater

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual
Meaning fingerprint: Category: thing. Concreteness: concrete. Animacy: inanimate. Countability: countable. Scope: individual.

Similar words

tamanoir

Fourmilier is the general word for anteater; tamanoir names specifically the giant anteater.

Similar in other languages

Portuguese

tamanduá

tamanduá is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "anteater."

Practice

1 What does fourmilier mean?

2 Fill the gap: Le ___ détruit les fourmilières pour se nourrir.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches fourmilier?

noun

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