Similar words
goéland
Close — commonly used interchangeably in casual French for "seagull," though technically goéland refers to larger gull species.
Similar in other languages
German
Möwe
Möwe is the German word for the same thing — both mean "seagull."
Spanish
gaviota
gaviota is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "seagull."
Portuguese
gaivota
gaivota is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "seagull."
Practice
1 What does mouette mean?
seagull
2 Fill the gap: Les ___ tournent au-dessus du port.
Full sentence: Les mouettes tournent au-dessus du port. (Seagulls circle above the harbor.)
3 Which fingerprint chart matches mouette?
mouette: neutral register, core frequency, general domain, neutral connotation.