Polyglot Dictionary

puma

/py.ma/

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 pumas

Meaning

  1. puma, cougar

    • Le puma est un excellent grimpeur.

      The puma is an excellent climber.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

panthère

Worth distinguishing: pumas (puma) and panthers (panthère) are similar big cats often confused.

Similar in other languages

English

panther

Close — a puma (cougar) is a type of big cat, like a panther.

Practice

1 What does puma mean?

2 Fill the gap: Le ___ est un excellent grimpeur.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches puma?

noun

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