Polyglot Dictionary

pancréas

/pɑ̃.kʁe.as/

le noun B2

le (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Meaning

  1. pancreas

    • Le pancréas produit l'insuline.

      The pancreas produces insulin.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

Similar in other languages

German

Bauchspeicheldrüse

Bauchspeicheldrüse is the German word for the same thing — both mean "pancreas."

Spanish

páncreas

páncreas is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "pancreas."

Portuguese

pâncreas

pâncreas is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "pancreas."

Practice

1 What does pancréas mean?

2 Fill the gap: Le ___ produit l'insuline.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches pancréas?

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