Polyglot Dictionary

papillon

/pa.pi.jɔ̃/

le noun A1

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 papillons

Meaning

  1. butterfly

    • Le papillon vole de fleur en fleur.

      The butterfly flies from flower to flower.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Animate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

Similar in other languages

German

Schmetterling

Schmetterling is the German word for the same thing — both mean "butterfly."

Spanish

mariposa

mariposa is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "butterfly."

Portuguese

borboleta

borboleta is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "butterfly."

Practice

1 What does papillon mean?

2 Fill the gap: Le ___ vole de fleur en fleur.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches papillon?

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