Polyglot Dictionary

nourrisson

/nu.ʁi.sɔ̃/

le noun B1

le (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
les nourrissons

Meaning

  1. infant

    • Le nourrisson dort la plupart de la journée.

      The infant sleeps most of the day.

N Category Person Concreteness Concrete Animacy Animate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

bébé

Worth distinguishing: nourrisson is specifically a very young infant; bébé is the general word for baby.

Similar in other languages

Spanish

sonajero

Close, figuratively — an infant relates to a rattle.

Practice

1 What does nourrisson mean?

2 Fill the gap: Le ___ dort la plupart de la journée.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches nourrisson?

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