Polyglot Dictionary

paupière

/po.pjɛʁ/

la 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 paupières

Meaning

  1. eyelid

    • Ses paupières se ferment de fatigue.

      Her eyelids close from tiredness.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

Similar in other languages

German

Augenlid

Augenlid is the German word for the same thing — both mean "eyelid."

Spanish

párpado

párpado is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "eyelid."

Portuguese

pálpebra

pálpebra is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "eyelid."

Practice

1 What does paupière mean?

2 Fill the gap: Ses ___ se ferment de fatigue.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches paupière?

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