Polyglot Dictionary

manchot

/mɑ̃.ʃo/

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 manchots

Meaning

  1. penguin

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Animate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

pingouin

Technically, manchot is the correct word for what English speakers call "penguin," while pingouin refers to the auk, a related bird from the Northern Hemisphere — though colloquially both are used for "penguin" in everyday French.

Similar in other languages

Spanish

pingüino

pingüino is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "penguin."

Portuguese

pinguim

pinguim is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "penguin."

Practice

1 What does manchot mean?

2 Fill the gap: Le ___ empereur affronte le froid extrême de l'Antarctique.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches manchot?

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