Polyglot Dictionary

hippopotame

/i.pɔ.pɔ.tam/

le noun A2

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 hippopotames

Meaning

  1. hippopotamus

    • L'hippopotame passe la journée dans l'eau.

      The hippopotamus spends the day in the water.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Animate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

Similar in other languages

German

Nilpferd

Nilpferd is the German word for the same thing — both mean "hippopotamus."

Spanish

hipopótamo

hipopótamo is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "hippopotamus."

Portuguese

hipopótamo

hipopótamo is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "hippopotamus."

Practice

1 What does hippopotame mean?

2 Fill the gap: L'___ passe la journée dans l'eau.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches hippopotame?

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