Polyglot Dictionary

héron

/e.ʁɔ̃/

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 hérons

Meaning

  1. heron

    • Le héron attend patiemment un poisson.

      The heron patiently waits for a fish.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

Similar in other languages

German

Reiher

Reiher is the German word for the same thing — both mean "heron."

Spanish

garza

garza is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "heron."

Portuguese

garça

garça is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "heron."

Practice

1 What does héron mean?

2 Fill the gap: Le ___ attend patiemment un poisson.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches héron?

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