Polyglot Dictionary

lion

/ljɔ̃/

le noun A1

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 lions

Meaning

  1. lion

    • Le lion est le roi des animaux.

      The lion is the king of the animals.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Animate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

otarie

Different animals despite the name: a lion is the big cat; an otarie ("sea lion") is actually a marine mammal, not a lion at all.

Similar in other languages

German

Löwe

Löwe is the German word for the same thing — both mean "lion."

Spanish

león

león is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "lion."

Portuguese

leão

leão is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "lion."

Practice

1 What does lion mean?

2 Fill the gap: Le ___ est le roi des animaux.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches lion?

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