goéland

/gɔ.e.lɑ̃/

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
Word fingerprint: Register: neutral. Era: current. Frequency: common. Domain: general. Connotation: neutral.

Forms

plural
les goélands

Meaning

  1. gull

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

mouette

Close — commonly used interchangeably in casual French for "seagull," though technically goéland refers to larger gull species.

Similar in other languages

English

seagull

seagull is the English word for the same thing — both mean "gull."

Practice

1 What does goéland mean?

2 Fill the gap: Le ___ vole près des falaises.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches goéland?

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