locomotive

/lɔ.kɔ.mɔ.tiv/

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

Forms

plural
les locomotives

Meaning

  1. locomotive

    • La locomotive tire une vingtaine de wagons.

      The locomotive pulls about twenty cars.

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

Similar in other languages

German

Lokomotive

Lokomotive is the German word for the same thing — both mean "locomotive."

Spanish

locomotora

locomotora is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "locomotive."

Portuguese

locomotiva

locomotiva is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "locomotive."

Practice

1 What does locomotive mean?

2 Fill the gap: La ___ tire une vingtaine de wagons.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches locomotive?

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