Polyglot Dictionary

hameçon

/am.sɔ̃/

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 hameçons

Meaning

  1. fish hook

    • Le poisson mord à l'hameçon.

      The fish bites the hook.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Animate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

Similar in other languages

German

Angelhaken

Angelhaken is the German word for the same thing — both mean "fish hook."

Spanish

anzuelo

anzuelo is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "fish hook."

Portuguese

anzol

anzol is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "fish hook."

Practice

1 What does hameçon mean?

2 Fill the gap: Le poisson mord à l'___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches hameçon?

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