Polyglot Dictionary

poulpe

/pulp/

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 poulpes

Meaning

  1. octopus

    • Le poulpe change de couleur pour se camoufler.

      The octopus changes color to camouflage itself.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Animate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

pieuvre

pieuvre is more the everyday word; poulpe is more the culinary or scientific term, used on restaurant menus — both mean "octopus."

Similar in other languages

German

Krake

Krake is the German word for the same thing — both mean "octopus."

Spanish

pulpo

pulpo is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "octopus."

Portuguese

polvo

polvo is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "octopus."

Practice

1 What does poulpe mean?

2 Fill the gap: Le ___ change de couleur pour se camoufler.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches poulpe?

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