huppe

From Latin upupa, via the syncopated Vulgar Latin ūppa.

C’est un assez grand oiseau, de 45 cent. de long, au plumage blanc éclatant. La huppe, les plumes qui recouvrent les oreilles, le milieu du ventre, les ailes et la partie radicale de la face interne des pennes caudales sont jaunes de soufre pâle ; le bec est noir ; les pattes sont d’un brun grisâtre.

1873, A. E. Brehm, “Le cacatoës à huppe jaune [The sulphur-crested cockatoo]”, in La vie des animaux:

It is a fairly large bird, 45 cm. in length, with sparkling white plumage. The crest, the ear coverts, the centre of the belly, the wings and the base of the underside of the tail feathers are pale sulphur-yellow; the beak is black; the feet are greyish-brown.

(zoology) crest (tuft growing on an animal's head)


rossignol

From Old Occitan rossinhol (cf. Catalan rossinyol), from Vulgar Latin *lusciniolus, masculine diminutive of Latin luscinia (“nightingale”). According to de Vaan, "might be explained with haplology from *lusci-cania (“'singing in the night', 'blind singer'”)", but this is conjecture.


ormeau

From Latin auris maris (“ear of the sea”).


musaraigne

From Middle French mesiraigne (16th c.), merisengne (15th c.), from Latin mūsarāneus, from Latin mūs (“mouse”) + arāneus (“spider-like”). So called because the bite of many shrews (e.g. Neomys fodiens) is venomous. According to the Trésor informatisé, the word is a borrowing from Latin, but the Middle French forms look by no means learned and could well be inherited. The modern -u- may be a Latinate alteration, however.


pivert

Picus viridis
Picus viridis#Translingual


belette

→ Corsican: bellula, beddula (calque)

From Old French belette. Derivable from belle (“pretty”) + -ette (diminutive ending). Compare Franco-Provençal belèta.


feuillet

Diminutive of Old French feuil (with -et), from Latin folia.


anémone de mer

fr-noun

anémone de mer f (plural anémones de mer)


panser

panser (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
pansant (gerund participle present)
ayant + past participle (gerund multiword-construction participle present)
pansé (participle past)
panse (first-person indicative present singular)
panses (indicative present second-person singular)
panse (indicative present singular third-person)
pansons (first-person indicative plural present)
pansez (indicative plural present second-person)
pansent (indicative plural present third-person)
pansais (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
pansais (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
pansait (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
pansions (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
pansiez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
pansaient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
pansai (first-person historic indicative past singular)
pansas (historic indicative past second-person singular)
pansa (historic indicative past singular third-person)
pansâmes (first-person historic indicative past plural)
pansâtes (historic indicative past plural second-person)
pansèrent (historic indicative past plural third-person)
panserai (first-person future indicative singular)
panseras (future indicative second-person singular)
pansera (future indicative singular third-person)
panserons (first-person future indicative plural)
panserez (future indicative plural second-person)
panseront (future indicative plural third-person)
panserais (conditional first-person singular)
panserais (conditional second-person singular)
panserait (conditional singular third-person)
panserions (conditional first-person plural)
panseriez (conditional plural second-person)
panseraient (conditional plural third-person)
future of avoir + past participle (future indicative multiword-construction perfect)
conditional of avoir + past participle (conditional multiword-construction perfect)
panse (first-person present singular subjunctive)
panses (present second-person singular subjunctive)
panse (present singular subjunctive third-person)
pansions (first-person plural present subjunctive)
pansiez (plural present second-person subjunctive)
pansent (plural present subjunctive third-person)
pansasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
pansasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
pansât (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
pansassions (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
pansassiez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
pansassent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
panse (imperative second-person singular)
pansons (first-person imperative plural)
pansez (imperative plural second-person)


limace

Inherited from Old French [Term?] (cf. the form limaz), from Vulgar Latin *limacea, ultimately from Latin limax (“slug, snail”).


pélican

→ Persian: پلیکان (pelikân)

pelican (any of various seabirds of the family Pelecanidae)


perce-oreille

perce-oreille m (plural perce-oreilles or perce-oreille)

perce-oreilles (plural)
perce-oreille (plural)

From perce (“pierces”) + oreille (“ear”).


luciole

Envoie toutes sortes de messages / Aux inconnus et lucioles de passage

1975, Yves Simon (lyrics and music), “Raconte-toi”:

Send all sorts of messages / To passing strangers and fireflies


coquille Saint-Jacques

coquille Saint-Jacques f (plural coquilles Saint-Jacques)


elbot

(Belgium) halibut (fish of genus Hippoglossus)


chevaucher

chevaucher (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
chevauchant (gerund participle present)
ayant + past participle (gerund multiword-construction participle present)
chevauché (participle past)
chevauche (first-person indicative present singular)
chevauches (indicative present second-person singular)
chevauche (indicative present singular third-person)
chevauchons (first-person indicative plural present)
chevauchez (indicative plural present second-person)
chevauchent (indicative plural present third-person)
chevauchais (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
chevauchais (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
chevauchait (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
chevauchions (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
chevauchiez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
chevauchaient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
chevauchai (first-person historic indicative past singular)
chevauchas (historic indicative past second-person singular)
chevaucha (historic indicative past singular third-person)
chevauchâmes (first-person historic indicative past plural)
chevauchâtes (historic indicative past plural second-person)
chevauchèrent (historic indicative past plural third-person)
chevaucherai (first-person future indicative singular)
chevaucheras (future indicative second-person singular)
chevauchera (future indicative singular third-person)
chevaucherons (first-person future indicative plural)
chevaucherez (future indicative plural second-person)
chevaucheront (future indicative plural third-person)
chevaucherais (conditional first-person singular)
chevaucherais (conditional second-person singular)
chevaucherait (conditional singular third-person)
chevaucherions (conditional first-person plural)
chevaucheriez (conditional plural second-person)
chevaucheraient (conditional plural third-person)
future of avoir + past participle (future indicative multiword-construction perfect)
conditional of avoir + past participle (conditional multiword-construction perfect)
chevauche (first-person present singular subjunctive)
chevauches (present second-person singular subjunctive)
chevauche (present singular subjunctive third-person)
chevauchions (first-person plural present subjunctive)
chevauchiez (plural present second-person subjunctive)
chevauchent (plural present subjunctive third-person)
chevauchasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
chevauchasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
chevauchât (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
chevauchassions (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
chevauchassiez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
chevauchassent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
chevauche (imperative second-person singular)
chevauchons (first-person imperative plural)
chevauchez (imperative plural second-person)

Inherited from Middle French chevauchier, from Old French chevauchier, from Late Latin caballicāre, from Latin caballus (“nag, jade”).

inh+

to ride on horseback, usually for the purpose of raiding and pillaging


râle

→ Dutch: ral

→ English: rale


bernard-l'ermite

fr-noun

bernard-l’ermite m (plural bernard-l’ermite)

bernard-l’ermite (canonical masculine)
bernard-l’ermite (plural)

Borrowed from Occitan bernat l'ermito (literally “Bernard the hermit”), probably named after Bernard of Clairvaux.

bor+

1896, Revue des Deux Mondes, volume 134, “Une correspondance inédite de Prosper Mérimée”, part 3, p. 572

Do you know, Madame, what a hermit crab is? It is a very small crab, three centimeters large at most, whose tail is devoid of scales.

Savez-vous, madame, ce que c’est qu’un Bernard-l’Ermite ? c’est une langouste très petite, de trois centimètres au plus, dont la queue est dépourvue d’écailles.

1932, Franc-Nohain, Guide du bon sens, chapter 7 “Le bon sens et la fraternité”, p. 145

There is an example that haunts me, and to which I return most willingly, because I deem it worthy to spend much thought on: this is the example of the hermit crab.

Il y a un exemple qui me poursuit, sur lequel je reviens le plus volontiers, car je l’estime de nature à prêter grandement à réfléchir : c’est l’exemple du bernard-l’ermite.


crécerelle

From Middle French cresserelle, crecerelle (“bird of prey”), usually assumed to be from crecelle (“rattle, wooden reel”) (modern crécelle), of obscure origin.
Cognates possibly include: Medieval Latin clisterella f, English kestrel, Neapolitan castariello m and crestariello m, all sharing the same meaning.
Derivation from the assumed *Vulgar Latin crepicella, *crepitacillum, a diminutive of crepitāculum, from crepitāre (“to crackle”) is difficult to explain from a morphological point of view. Instead, possibly from a root *krek-, *krak- (“to crack, rattle, creak, emit a bird cry”), possibly from or related to Middle Dutch crāken (“to creak, crack”), from Old Dutch *krakōn (“to crack, creak, emit a cry”), from Proto-Germanic *krakōną (“to emit a cry, shout”), from Proto-Indo-European *gerg- (“to shout”). Cognate with Old High German krahhōn (“to make a sound, crash”), Old English cracian (“to resound”), Middle French craquer (used of birds, “to emit a repeated cry”).


marsouin

→ Catalan: marsuí

→ Romanian: marsuin

Occurring in a 1086 Medieval Latin translation of the Domesday Book, from Old English mereswīn (“porpoise”), but probably reborrowed from another Germanic source cognate to the Old English word, from Old Frankish *mariswīn, Middle Dutch meerswijn, or Old Norse marsvín (“dolphin”), all ultimately from Proto-Germanic *mariswīną (“dolphin, porpoise”). More at English mereswine. Cf. also the Old French porpeis.


souffleur

fr-noun

souffleur m (plural souffleurs, feminine souffleuse)

souffleurs (plural)
souffleuse (feminine)

→ Czech: suflér

→ Dutch: souffleur

→ Polish: sufler

→ Romanian: sufleor

→ Russian: суфлёр (sufljór)

→ Turkish: suflör

blower (animal which blows out air through its blowhole)


greffier

greffier m (plural greffiers, feminine greffière)

Borrowed from Medieval Latin graphiārius (“scribe, secretary”), from graphium (“stylus”). Compare greffe (“clerk's office”).


gambette

From Picard gambette (“little leg”); see gambe.


anchois

→ Bulgarian: аншоа́ (anšoá)

→ Luxembourgish: Anchois

→ Polish: anchois

→ Romanian: anșoa

→ Turkish: ançüez

Inherited from Old French [Term?], from Old Occitan anchoia (modern Occitan anchòia), from Ligurian anciôa, from Vulgar Latin *apiuva, from Latin aphyē (“small fry”), from Ancient Greek ἀφύη (aphúē).


daim

Inherited from Late Latin dāmus, from Latin damma (“fallow deer, buck, doe”).


truite arc-en-ciel

fr-noun

truite arc-en-ciel f (plural truites arc-en-ciel)

Oncorhynchus mykiss
Oncorhynchus mykiss#Translingual

Salmo gairdneri
Salmo gairdneri#Translingual

rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss syn. Salmo gairdneri)


moineau

Inherited from Old French moinel, equivalent to moine (because of its plumage) + -eau.

(fortifications) (type of) small bastion


tassergal

Borrowed from Tashelhit ⵜⴰⵙⵔⴳⴰⵍⵜ (tasrgalt, “bluefish”).


hippique

From Ancient Greek ἱππικός (hippikós), compare ἵππος (híppos) and -ique.


oiseau de proie

fr-noun

oiseau de proie m (plural oiseaux de proie)

LL-Q150 (fra)-Lyokoï-oiseau de proie.wav


hanneton

→ Norman: hanneton

Inherited from Middle French hanneton, from Old French haneton, from Frankish *hanō (“rooster”), from Proto-Germanic *hanô; + -et + -on.


fauconnerie

From faucon + -erie, or from Medieval Latin falconaria.


palefroi

Inherited from Old French palefreid, from Medieval Latin or Vulgar Latin palefredus, variant of Late Latin paraveredus.


fer à cheval

horseshoe whip snake (Hemorrhois hippocrepis)

horseshoe bat (the monotypic family Rhinolophidae)

horseshoe vetch (Hippocrepis gen. and spp.)


mulet

Inherited from Old French mulet, from Latin mullus, from Ancient Greek μύλλος (múllos).


bichon

bichon m (plural bichons, feminine bichonne)

Inherited from Middle French bichon (“small long-haired dog”), from Old French biche (“bitch, female dog”), from Old English biċċe (“female dog”), from Proto-West Germanic *bikkjā, from Proto-Germanic *bikjǭ (“female dog, bitch”). Cognate with Old Norse bikkja (“female dog”), German Betze (“female dog”).
Alternative etymology derives through clipping of barbichon (“small poodle”), a diminutive of barbiche (“shaggy dog”), however, chronology makes this derivation improbable if not impossible, as bichon is attested since 1588, yet barbichon does not appear until 1694.


chien d'eau

chien d’ eau (canonical masculine)
chiens d’eau (plural)


chien d'eau portugais

fr-noun

chien d’eau portugais m (plural chiens d’eau portugais)

chien d’eau portugais (canonical masculine)
chiens d’eau portugais (plural)

Portuguese Water Dog
Portuguese Water Dog


chevreuil

→ English: chevreuil

Inherited from Old French chevruel, chevrol, from Latin capreolus.

Odocoileus virginianus
Odocoileus virginianus#Translingual

(North America) any of various local species of deer in the genus Odocoileus; mostly the white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus)


buse

Inherited from Old French buison, buson, from Latin būteōnem.


goéland

goéland m (plural goélands, feminine goélande)


hermine

→ Romanian: hermină

→ Turkish: ermin

Inherited from Middle French hermin, ermin, from Old French ermin, ermine, hermine (“ermine”), from either Medieval Latin (mus) Armenius (“Armenian (mouse)”) (see Armenia) or Frankish *harmīn (“ermine”, adjective) (from *harmō (“ermine”)). More at ermine.

Mustela erminea
Mustela erminea#Translingual


bichon à poil frisé

bichon à poil frisé m (plural bichons à poil frisé)


poulain

Inherited from Old French poulain, polain (“baby animal”), from a Late Latin or Vulgar Latin pullāmen, from Latin pullus (“animal young”).

Il affirma que Kadyrov est un poulain de Poutine.
He stated that Kadyrov is Putin's protégé.


poisson rouge

poisson rouge m (plural poissons rouges)


cacatoès

From Portuguese cacatua, from Malay kakaktua.


douve

Inherited from Middle French dauve, from Old French dolve, from Late Latin dolva, related to the name of a buttercup that grows in swamps, attested in the fifth century and possibly of Celtic origin.


suricate

From earlier surikate, from a South African language.


rouget

→ English: rouget

Inherited from Middle French rouget, from Old French rouget, roget. By surface analysis, rouge + -et.


dalmatien

fr-adj

dalmatien (feminine dalmatienne, masculine plural dalmatiens, feminine plural dalmatiennes)

dalmatienne (feminine)
dalmatiens (masculine plural)
dalmatiennes (feminine plural)


berger allemand

fr-noun

berger allemand m (plural bergers allemands, feminine bergère allemande)

bergers allemands (plural)
bergère allemande (feminine)

D’après nos voisins, de gros racistes, je l’précise / Nous étions mal élevés et leur berger allemand mieux dressé

2005, “Thé à la menthe”, performed by La Caution:

According to our neighbours, massive racists, might I add / We were badly brought up and their German shepherd was better behaved than us

German shepherd (large-sized breed of dog often used as a guard dog or police dog)


cigale

Borrowed from Old Occitan cigala, from Vulgar Latin *cicāla, from Latin cicāda.

cicada (any of several insects of the order Hemiptera)


cormoran

/kɔʁ.mɔ.ʁɑ̃/

From Old French cormoran, from Medieval Latin corvus marīnus (literally “sea-raven”)


macareux

Perhaps an alteration of macreuse, with change of suffix.


acarien

From acare + -ien, from New Latin acarus. Compare English acarus, Spanish and Portuguese ácaro.


bombyx

From Latin bombyx, from Ancient Greek βόμβυξ (bómbux).

(archaic, obsolete) a type of woodwind instrument


caniche

fr-noun

caniche m or f by sense (plural caniches)

→ Basque: kanixe

→ Portuguese: caniche

→ Romanian: caniș

→ Spanish: caniche

→ Turkish: kaniş


mante

From New Latin, from Ancient Greek μάντις (mántis, “soothsayer”).

uder

mantis (any of various large insects of the order Mantodea)


lynx roux

bobcat (a North American wild cat, Lynx rufus)


léopard de mer

fr-noun

léopard de mer m (plural léopards de mer)

Hydrurga leptonyx
Hydrurga leptonyx#Translingual


orvet

Uncertain; probably from Old French orb (“blind”).


scolopendre

scolopendre m or f (plural scolopendres)

Inherited from Middle French scolopendre, from Latin scolopendra/scolopendrium, from Ancient Greek σκολόπενδρα (skolópendra)/σκολόπένδριο (skolópéndrio).

inh+

Asplenium scolopendrium
Asplenium scolopendrium#Translingual

hart's-tongue fern (Asplenium scolopendrium)


Anansi

(mythology) Anansi (trickster spider in West African and Caribbean folklore)


drosophile

From the genus name Drosophila, from Ancient Greek δρόσος (drósos) + φίλη (phílē).


ophio-

From Ancient Greek ὄφις (óphis, “snake”).


jaseur

fr-adj

jaseur (feminine jaseuse, masculine plural jaseurs, feminine plural jaseuses)

jaseuse (feminine)
jaseurs (masculine plural)
jaseuses (feminine plural)


tourte

Ultimately from Latin turtur (“turtle, turtle dove, turtledove”). Compare tourterelle.

inh

Ectopistes migratorius
Ectopistes migratorius#Translingual

(Quebec) passenger pigeon, Ectopistes migratorius


échassier

any of a number of wading birds. (Note that this does not always directly correspond to English wading bird.)


birman

fr-noun

birman m (countable and uncountable, plural birmans)


carrelet

(fishing) (type of) fishing net; lift net


vigogne

→ English: vigogne

→? Italian: vigogna

→ Polish: wigoń

→ Portuguese: vigonho

Borrowed from Spanish vicuña, from Quechua wik'uña.


rainette

→ Portuguese: raineta


abeiller

fr-adj

abeiller (feminine abeillère, masculine plural abeillers, feminine plural abeillères)

abeillère (feminine)
abeillers (masculine plural)
abeillères (feminine plural)

(uncommon) Relative to bees and their keeping


cabri

Borrowed from Occitan cabrit. Doublet of chevri.


colin

Several different fish: pollock or European pollock, saithe or coalfish, hake


aiglon

fr-noun

aiglon m (plural aiglons, feminine aiglonne)


baleineau

baleineau m (plural baleineaux, feminine baleinelle)

baleineaux (plural)
baleinelle (feminine)

Mais auprès de la baleine de monsieur le professeur, la mienne n’était qu’un baleineau.

1871, Jules Verne, Vingt mille lieues sous les mers, page 326:

But next to the professor's whale, mine was only a baby.


louveteau

louveteau m (plural louveteaux, feminine louvetelle)

louveteaux (plural)
louvetelle (feminine)


renardeau

From renard (“fox”) + -eau (diminutive suffix).


souriceau

souriceau m (plural souriceaux, feminine souricelle)

souriceaux (plural)
souricelle (feminine)


geai

From Old French jai (“jaybird, magpie”), from Late Latin gaius (“jaybird”), which see for more. The modern spelling with ge- is influenced by the Latin etymon.


tireur

tireur m (plural tireurs, feminine tireuse)


chat-huant

Alteration (after chat, huant) of Zarphatic Old French javan (“owl”), from Old French choan, from Late Latin cavannus, from Transalpine Gaulish.


bétail

Inherited from Old French bestail, bestaille, from beste (“animal”) + -ail.


chevaine

Leuciscus cephalus
Leuciscus cephalus#Translingual

Squalius cephalus
Squalius cephalus#Translingual

chub (Leuciscus cephalus, now Squalius cephalus)


loriot

Earlier loriol, by rebracketing from Old French oriol, from Old Occitan auriol, from Latin aureolus (“golden”).


poulaille

Inherited from Old French polaille, poulaille. By surface analysis, poule + -aille.


chameau de Bactriane

chameau de Bactriane m (plural chameaux de Bactriane)

Camelus bactrianus
Camelus bactrianus#Translingual


couleuvre

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *colŏbra, altered from Classical Latin colubra, feminine counterpart to coluber (“snake”), of uncertain origin. Doublet of cobra, a borrowing from Portuguese.


poisson volant

poisson volant m (plural poissons volants)


huîtrier

fr-adj

huîtrier (feminine huîtrière, masculine plural huîtriers, feminine plural huîtrières)

huîtrière (feminine)
huîtriers (masculine plural)
huîtrières (feminine plural)


barbeau

Inherited from Old French barbel (“barbel fish”), from Vulgar Latin *barbellus, from Late Latin barbulus, diminutive of Latin barbus (“a type of fish”).

inh+

(ichthyology) barbel (fish)
(cant) pimp, procurer


équin

fr-adj

équin (feminine équine, masculine plural équins, feminine plural équines)

équine (feminine)
équins (masculine plural)
équines (feminine plural)

Learned borrowing from Latin equīnus (“horse”).


mulot

Inherited from Old French mulot, diminutive of mul, from Old Dutch muli (“moles”) (Reichenau Glosses, 8th cent.) (compare Dutch mol).


molosse

Borrowed from Latin molossus, short for molossus canis (literally “Molossus dog”), from Ancient Greek Μολοσσός (Molossós, “of Molossus (an area known for its guard-dogs)”).


écrevisse signal

fr-noun

écrevisse signal f (plural écrevisses signal)

signal crayfish (Pacifastacus leniusculus)


fauvette

1976, Michel Fugain et le Big Bazar, "Le printemps".
L’hirondelle et la fauvette, c’est la forêt qui me l’a dit / L’hirondelle et la fauvette, ont déjà fait leur nid

(please add an English translation of this quotation)


Médor

(1516) From Orlando Furioso by Ludovico Ariosto.

Fido, Rex, Rover; a name stereotypically given to dogs.


pourceau

Inherited from Old French pourcel, purcel, from Late Latin porcellus, diminutive of Latin porcus.

jeter des perles aux pourceaux


vulpin

fr-adj

vulpin (feminine vulpine, masculine plural vulpins, feminine plural vulpines)

vulpine (feminine)
vulpins (masculine plural)
vulpines (feminine plural)


ascalaphe

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀσκάλαφος (askálaphos).

bor+

owlfly (Neuroptera, family Ascalaphidae)


coléoptère

From Ancient Greek κολεόπτερος (koleópteros, “sheath-wing”), from κολεός (koleós, “sheath”) and πτερόν (pterón, “wing”).


charançon

/ʃa.ʁɑ̃.sɔ̃/


capucin

Borrowed from Italian cappuccino, ultimately from Late Latin cappa (“cape, hood”).


surmulot

Rattus norvegicus
Rattus norvegicus#Translingual


tyroglyphe de la farine

fr-noun

tyroglyphe de la farine m (plural tyroglyphes de la farine)


serpent corail

serpent corail m (plural serpents corails)


vipère de la mort

vipère de la mort f (plural vipères de la mort)


taïpan du désert

taïpan du désert m (plural taïpans du désert)


bongare indien

bongare indien m (plural bongares indiens)


bongare fascié

bongare fascié m (plural bongares fasciés)


putois

Mustela putorius
Mustela putorius#Translingual

polecat (especially, the European polecat, Mustela putorius)


scandentien

treeshrew, tree shrew (animal of the order Scandentia)


lagomorphe

lagomorph (animal of the order Lagomorpha)


périssodactyle

périssodactyle m (plural périssodactyles)

From Ancient Greek περισσός (perissós, “odd”) + δάκτυλος (dáktulos, “finger”).

der

Coordinate term: artiodactyle

odd-toed ungulate (animal of the order Perissodactyla order)


ongulé

Borrowed from New Latin ungulātus, with assimilation to ongle.


macroscélidé

elephant shrew (animal of the order Macroscelidea)


oryctérope

Borrowed from translingual Orycteropus (genus name), from Ancient Greek ὀρυκτήρ (oruktḗr, “miner”) + πούς (poús, “foot”).


proboscidien

proboscidean (animal of the order Proboscidea)


choucas

Borrowed from Middle High German chouch (“jackdaw”), from Proto-West Germanic *kahu (“jackdaw”), ultimately imitative; related to English chough, Dutch kauw, Swedish kaja. More at chough.

onomatopoeic

imitative

Coloeus monedula
Coloeus monedula#Translingual


croassement

From croasser (“to caw; to croak”) + -ment.


glane

Inherited from Latin glanis (“catfish”).


pécari

peccary (a family of mammals related to pigs and hippos)


bouvier

fr-noun

bouvier m (plural bouviers, feminine bouvière)

Inherited from Old French buvier, from Vulgar Latin, Late Latin bovārius (“cow herder”), from Latin bovārius (“of cattle”), from bos. This form may be semi-learned, and based on bœuf, or altered from the Old French boier.

cattle dog (type of dog used for droving cattle)


bécasse

→ Polish: bekas

→ Russian: бека́с (bekás)

woodcock (any of several wading birds in the genus Scolopax, of the family Scolopacidae, characterised by a long slender bill and cryptic brown and blackish plumage)


oiseau-mouche

oiseau-mouche m (plural oiseaux-mouches)

From oiseau (“bird”) + mouche (“fly (insect)”).

af

hummingbird (any of various small American birds in the family Trochilidae)


chien de prairie

fr-noun

chien de prairie m (plural chiens de prairie, feminine chienne de prairie)

chiens de prairie (plural)
chienne de prairie (feminine)

/ʃjɛ̃ də pʁɛ.ʁi/

LL-Q150 (fra)-Lyokoï-chien de prairie.wav


gourami

From Malay gurami, from Javanese ꦒꦸꦫꦩꦶ (gurami).


gypaète

From Ancient Greek γύψ (gúps, “bird of prey”) + ἀετός (aetós, “eagle”).


chardonneret

Probably ultimately from a derivative of Late Latin cardella, cardellus, from Latin carduelis, from carduus. Compare Italian cardellino, cardello, cardelletto, Romanian căldăraș, Spanish cardelina.


épucer

épucer (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
épuçant (gerund participle present)
ayant + past participle (gerund multiword-construction participle present)
épucé (participle past)
épuce (first-person indicative present singular)
épuces (indicative present second-person singular)
épuce (indicative present singular third-person)
épuçons (first-person indicative plural present)
épucez (indicative plural present second-person)
épucent (indicative plural present third-person)
épuçais (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
épuçais (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
épuçait (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
épucions (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
épuciez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
épuçaient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
épuçai (first-person historic indicative past singular)
épuças (historic indicative past second-person singular)
épuça (historic indicative past singular third-person)
épuçâmes (first-person historic indicative past plural)
épuçâtes (historic indicative past plural second-person)
épucèrent (historic indicative past plural third-person)
épucerai (first-person future indicative singular)
épuceras (future indicative second-person singular)
épucera (future indicative singular third-person)
épucerons (first-person future indicative plural)
épucerez (future indicative plural second-person)
épuceront (future indicative plural third-person)
épucerais (conditional first-person singular)
épucerais (conditional second-person singular)
épucerait (conditional singular third-person)
épucerions (conditional first-person plural)
épuceriez (conditional plural second-person)
épuceraient (conditional plural third-person)
future of avoir + past participle (future indicative multiword-construction perfect)
conditional of avoir + past participle (conditional multiword-construction perfect)
épuce (first-person present singular subjunctive)
épuces (present second-person singular subjunctive)
épuce (present singular subjunctive third-person)
épucions (first-person plural present subjunctive)
épuciez (plural present second-person subjunctive)
épucent (plural present subjunctive third-person)
épuçasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
épuçasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
épuçât (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
épuçassions (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
épuçassiez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
épuçassent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
épuce (imperative second-person singular)
épuçons (first-person imperative plural)
épucez (imperative plural second-person)

From é- + puce + -er. Compare Spanish espulgar.

(veterinary medicine) to deflea (remove fleas from an animal)


gésier

From Old French gesier, ultimately from Latin gigēria.


agnelet

From Old French agnel (whence modern French agneau) + the suffix -et.


braque

(obsolete, often used in the plural) crayfish claw


baliste

From Latin ballista, from Ancient Greek βαλλίστρα (ballístra), from βάλλω (bállō, “to throw”).


onagre

From New Latin onagra, used in 1587. Probably "food of the onager".


couleuvre à collier

fr-noun

couleuvre à collier f (plural couleuvres à collier)

Natrix natrix
Natrix natrix#Translingual


batara luisant

batara luisant m (plural bataras luisants)

glossy antshrike (a passerine bird of the antbird family)


zée

(zoology) John Dory (edible marine fish)


saint-pierre

saint-pierre m (plural saint-pierre or saint-pierres)

saint-pierre (plural)
saint-pierres (plural)

any of a group of other fish. See French Wikipedia for more details


orang-outan

→ Romanian: urangutan

/ɔ.ʁɑ̃.ɡu.tɑ̃/

From English orangutan, from Malay orang utan.


lieu jaune

Pollachius pollachius
Pollachius pollachius#Translingual

European pollock (Pollachius pollachius)


squale

Borrowed from Latin squālus, compare Italian squalo.


une hirondelle ne fait pas le printemps

LL-Q150 (fra)-WikiLucas00-une hirondelle ne fait pas le printemps.wav

Calque of Ancient Greek μία χελιδὼν ἔαρ οὐ ποιεῖ (mía khelidṑn éar ou poieî, “one swallow does not make a spring”).

cal

μία χελιδὼν ἔαρ οὐ ποιεῖ

one swallow does not a summer make
one swallow does not a summer make


silure

From Latin silūrus, in turn from Ancient Greek.

Silurus glanis
Silurus glanis#Translingual


maître-chien

fr-noun

maître-chien m (plural maîtres-chiens, feminine maîtresse-chien)

maîtres-chiens (plural)
maîtresse-chien (feminine)


renard volant

renard volant m (plural renards volants)


pétrel

→ Italian: petrello


requin baleine

requin baleine m (plural requins baleines)


requin bouledogue

requin bouledogue m (plural requins bouledogues)


requin saumon

requin saumon m (plural requins saumons)

From requin (“shark”) + saumon (“salmon”).


requin renard

requin renard m (plural requins renards)


requin pèlerin

requin pèlerin m (plural requins pèlerin)


requin longimane

requin longimane m (plural requins longimanes)

oceanic whitetip shark
oceanic whitetip shark


requin grande gueule

requin grande gueule m (plural requins grandes gueules)


requin griset

requin griset m (plural requins grisets)

bluntnose sixgill shark
bluntnose sixgill shark


requin du Groenland

requin du Groenland m (plural requins du Groenland)


requin cuivre

requin cuivre m (plural requins cuivres)


requin-crocodile

requin-crocodile m (plural requins-crocodiles)


requin à pointes noires

requin à pointes noires m (plural requins à pointes noires)


éléphant de mer

éléphant de mer m (plural éléphants de mer)


concombre de mer

concombre de mer m (plural concombres de mer)

LL-Q150 (fra)-Lepticed7-concombre de mer.wav


fourmilier géant

fourmilier géant m (plural fourmiliers géants)


fourmilier nain

fourmilier nain m (plural fourmiliers nains)


porc-épic

Borrowed from Italian porcospino, from Vulgar Latin *porcospinus, calque of Ancient Greek ἀκανθόχοιρος (akanthókhoiros), from ἄκανθα (ákantha, “spine”) + χοῖρος (khoîros, “pig”).

der

ἀκανθόχοιρος


fretin

Diminutive form of Old French frait, fret, past participle of fraindre (“to break”).


squille

Dans les squilles ou mantes de mer, la structure de la mandibule est la plus singulière. (Cuvier, Anat. comp., t. 3, 1805, p. 306)


sébaste

Le sébaste fréquente les eaux profondes en bordure des importants bancs de pêche et chenaux profonds qui se sont creusés au fond de l’océan.

The rockfish is often found in deep waters on the edge of major fishing grounds and deep channels which have formed in the ocean floor.


sloughi

From dialectal Arabic سْلُوڭِي (slūgī, “greyhound”), from Arabic سَلُوقِيّ (salūqiyy, “greyhound”). See also English Saluki.

Séparé par les déserts des autres régions, il [l’ancien empire d’Égypte] ne s’étend que vers le sud, comme le prouvent les singes, les sloughis, amenés captifs par les esclaves.

1877 January 15, Melchior de Vogüé, Revue des Deux-Mondes, page 353:


spermophile à mante dorée des Cascades

fr-noun

spermophile à mante dorée des Cascades m (plural spermophiles à mante dorée des Cascades)

spermophiles à mante dorée des Cascades (plural)

Cascade golden-mantled ground squirrel (Callospermophilus saturatus)

fr:spermophile à mante dorée des Cascades


pygargue

Learned borrowing from Latin pȳgargus, itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek πῡ́γᾰργος (pū́gărgos).

pygargue à tête blanche


grand-duc

grand-duc m (plural grands-ducs, feminine grande-duchesse)

grands-ducs (plural)
grande-duchesse (feminine)

desc

→ Arabic: غْرَانْدُوق (ḡrāndūq)

→ Arabic: غْرَانْدُوق (ḡrāndūq)

→ English: grand-duc

→ Persian: گراندوک (gerânduk)

→ Turkish: grandük

grand-duc d’Amérique

grand-duc d’Europe

hibou grand-duc


gélinotte

grouse (one of a number species of grouse)


mésange

Inherited from Middle French mésange, from Old French mesenge, masenge (“titmouse”), from Medieval Latin misinga and spelling variants, from Frankish *meisinga (“titmouse”) and variants, from Proto-Germanic *maisǭ (“titmouse”), *-ingō (“-ing”). Cognate with Old High German meisa (“titmouse”), Old English māse (“small bird”), Middle Dutch mese (“titmouse”). More at English titmouse.

tit, chickadee, titmouse (any of a large number of small tree-dwelling passerine birds)


bruant

Any of a large number of passerine birds, roughly equivalent to, but not restricted to, the buntings and sparrows


mésangeai

jay (one of a small number of jays in the genus Perisoreus)


paruline

warbler (specifically, a wood-warbler, member of the Parulidae family)


moqueur

fr-noun

moqueur m (plural moqueurs, feminine moqueuse)

From moquer (“to mock”) + -eur (forms agent nouns).

af

mocker, someone who mocks, someone who pokes fun


moqueur

fr-adj

moqueur (feminine moqueuse, masculine plural moqueurs, feminine plural moqueuses)

moqueuse (feminine)
moqueurs (masculine plural)
moqueuses (feminine plural)


ouaouaron

Louisiana Creole: wawaron

→ Spanish: wawarón

Probably from Wyandot ouaron (“big frog”); probably an onomatopoeia based on the croaking of this particular frog.


bièvre

Inherited from Middle French bievre, from Old French bievre (“beaver”), from Latin beber, of Germanic or Celtic origin, both from Proto-Indo-European *bʰébʰrus (“beaver”). Akin to Old High German bibar (German Biber (“beaver”)), Middle Dutch bēver (Dutch bever (“beaver”)), Old English befer (“beaver”), Old East Slavic бо́бръ (bóbrŭ). More at beaver.


praire

Borrowed from Occitan preire (“priest”), ultimately from Latin presbyter. Doublet of prêtre.

4 June 1873, Journal officiel
Sur certains points les plus fréquentés de Marseille, on étale les coquillages les plus savoureux, les plus appétissants : les moules, les clovisses, les oursins, les praires, les huîtres.


cloporte

Likely from clore (“to close”) + porte (“door”), from its habit of rolling into a ball. Another possible derivation is from an unattested *croteporque, mirrored in Occitan porquet de crota (“woodlouse”, literally “cave-pig”). In any case, the analysis in the first proposal is probably responsible for the figurative extension of the word to "porter, concierge".

der

(derogatory) worthless person, vermin; creep


loche

Inherited from Old French loche, further origin uncertain, possibly from Vulgar Latin *laukka (“loach”), which could be from Gaulish *leuca (“loach, slug”), also attested as the feminine name Leuca, from leux (“bright, light”), a reference to slugs' bright appearance, the fish later being associated due to similarities to the slug.

(zoology) one of the several species of giant slugs belonging to the families Arionidae and Limacidae


lémur

lemur (any animal of the prosimians, making up the infraorder Lemuriformes)


lévrier persan

fr-noun

lévrier persan m (plural lévriers persans)


lévrier irlandais

lévrier irlandais m (plural lévriers irlandais)


lévrier afghan

lévrier afghan m (plural lévriers afghans)


calmar colossal

calmar colossal m (plural calmars colossaux)


poisson-vipère

poisson-vipère m (plural poissons-vipères)


baleine à bec

LL-Q150 (fra)-DenisdeShawi-baleine à bec.wav


baleine à bosse

baleine à bosse f (plural baleines à bosse)

LL-Q150 (fra)-Lyokoï-baleine à bosse.wav


baleine grise

baleine grise f (plural baleines grises)


baleine de Cuvier

baleine de Cuvier f (plural baleines de Cuvier)

Cuvier's beaked whale (Ziphius cavirostris)


baleine boréale

baleine boréale f (plural baleines boréales)


baleine du Groenland

baleine du Groenland f (plural baleines du Groenland)

LL-Q150 (fra)-DenisdeShawi-baleine du Groenland.wav


baleine de Minke

baleine de Minke f (plural baleines de Minke)

LL-Q150 (fra)-DenisdeShawi-baleine de Minke.wav


baleine pygmée

baleine pygmée f (plural baleines pygmées)


baleine à fanons

baleine à fanons f (plural baleines à fanons)


baleine pilote

baleine pilote f (plural baleines pilote)


amazone

(equestrianism) sidesaddle (riding technique)


vairon

Probably from a popular Latin variant of Latin varius.


abyssinien

fr-adj

abyssinien (feminine abyssinienne, masculine plural abyssiniens, feminine plural abyssiniennes)

abyssinienne (feminine)
abyssiniens (masculine plural)
abyssiniennes (feminine plural)


abyssin

abyssin (feminine abyssine, masculine plural abyssins, feminine plural abyssines)

abyssine (feminine)
abyssins (masculine plural)
abyssines (feminine plural)


oiseau de paradis

fr-noun

oiseau de paradis m (plural oiseaux de paradis)

LL-Q150 (fra)-Lyokoï-oiseau de paradis.wav


reine des animaux

reine des animaux f (plural reines des animaux, masculine roi des animaux)

reines des animaux (plural)
roi des animaux (masculine)


cheval de trait

cheval de trait m (plural chevaux de trait)


chacal à flancs rayés

chacal à flancs rayés m (plural chacals à flancs rayés)


chacal à chabraque

chacal à chabraque m (plural chacals à chabraque)


roi des animaux

roi des animaux m (plural rois des animaux, feminine reine des animaux)

rois des animaux (plural)
reine des animaux (feminine)

[I]l y a mis aussi les deux lions qui, suivant la légende, creusèrent la fosse du saint : ces deux lions sont, comme les deux hermites, fort rapetissés par l’immensité de l’antre, et ce n’est pas là ce qu’il falloit : c’est une chose merveilleuse et grande en soi que ces deux rois des animaux occupés à creuser la fosse d’un anachorète ; […]

1810, Fr[ançois] Guizot, De l’état des beaux-arts en France, et du salon de 1810, Paris: Chez Maradan, […], page 93:


blanchaille

(zoology) whitebait (young of various species of fish)


cheptel

Alteration (based on the Latin source) of Old French chetel, itself an alteration (after chef (“important”)) of chatel, from Medieval Latin or Late Latin capitāle (in the sense of “head of cattle”), substantivization of Latin capitālis. Doublet of capital. Cognate with English cattle (from Old Northern French) and chattel (from common Old French).


tourte voyageuse

tourte voyageuse f (plural tourtes voyageuse)

passenger pigeon (an extinct bird of the species Ectopistes migratorius)


mante religieuse

mante religieuse f (plural mantes religieuses)


rotengle

From German Roteugel, diminutive variant from blend of Rot + Auge.


éperlan

→ Italian: sperlano (see there for further descendants)

→ Spanish: eperlano


écrevisse

Inherited from Old French crevice, from Frankish *krebitja (“crayfish”), diminutive of Frankish *krebit (“crab”), from Proto-Germanic *krabitaz (“crab, cancer”), from Proto-Indo-European *grebʰ-, *gerebʰ- (“to scratch, crawl”). Non-etymological initial /e/ appears to be the result of rebracketing in the Old French plural les crevisses.


housse

Inherited from Middle French houce, from Old French hulce, from Frankish *hulftijā, probably related to the verb *hulljan (“to cover”), cognate with Old High German hulft (“blanket, saddlecloth”).


doberman

fr-noun

doberman m or f by sense (plural dobermans)


caprin

Borrowed from Latin caprīnus. Compare chèvre.


fauve

Inherited from Middle French fauve, from Old French falve, from Late Latin falvus, a borrowing from Frankish *falu, *falw- (compare Dutch vaal, English fallow and German falb), from Proto-Germanic *falwaz (“pale, grey”). The adjectival sense of "savage, fierce" comes from the noun sense "wild animal," which is in turn a shortening of bête au pelage fauve (“animal with tawny fur”).

(by extension) beast, wild animal, especially fierce, aggressive, or predatory. Usually implies adding big bears like the Black, Brown and Polar ones. Sometimes extends up to the wolverine, wolf, etc. More rarely, big, aggressive and/or hard to meet cervid game might go under this umbrella term as well.


rochier

small-spotted catshark
small-spotted catshark

Scyliorhinus canicula
Scyliorhinus canicula#Translingual

small-spotted catshark (Scyliorhinus canicula)


valvate

Any in genus Valvata of freshwater molluscs


sylvine

fr:Sylvine (minéral)
fr:Sylvine (papillon)


tyrannosaure

Les tyrannosaures, gigantesques et effrayants, […] apparurent à la fin du règne des dinosaures. Le plus connu est Tyrannosaurus rex, ou « roi des lézards-tyrans »

1983, M. Vergnies, Les Animaux préhistoriques, translation of original by D. Lambert:

Tyrannosaurs, gigantic and terrifying, […] appeared at the end of the reign of the dinosaurs. The best-known is Tyrannosaurus rex, or "king of the tyrant lizards"


abeille à miel

abeille à miel f (plural abeilles à miel)

LL-Q150 (fra)-LoquaxFR-abeille à miel.wav


oiselet

(archaic) young bird, baby bird, birdlet


oisellerie

From Old French oisel (whence oiseau) + -erie.


pygargue à tête blanche

pygargue à tête blanche m (plural pygargues à tête blanche)

LL-Q150 (fra)-Lyokoï-pygargue à tête blanche.wav

Haliaeetus leucocephalus
Haliaeetus leucocephalus#Translingual

bald eagle (species of eagle native to North America, Haliaeetus leucocephalus)


ululer

ululer (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
ululant (gerund participle present)
ayant + past participle (gerund multiword-construction participle present)
ululé (participle past)
ulule (first-person indicative present singular)
ulules (indicative present second-person singular)
ulule (indicative present singular third-person)
ululons (first-person indicative plural present)
ululez (indicative plural present second-person)
ululent (indicative plural present third-person)
ululais (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
ululais (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
ululait (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
ululions (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
ululiez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
ululaient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
ululai (first-person historic indicative past singular)
ululas (historic indicative past second-person singular)
ulula (historic indicative past singular third-person)
ululâmes (first-person historic indicative past plural)
ululâtes (historic indicative past plural second-person)
ululèrent (historic indicative past plural third-person)
ululerai (first-person future indicative singular)
ululeras (future indicative second-person singular)
ululera (future indicative singular third-person)
ululerons (first-person future indicative plural)
ululerez (future indicative plural second-person)
ululeront (future indicative plural third-person)
ululerais (conditional first-person singular)
ululerais (conditional second-person singular)
ululerait (conditional singular third-person)
ululerions (conditional first-person plural)
ululeriez (conditional plural second-person)
ululeraient (conditional plural third-person)
future of avoir + past participle (future indicative multiword-construction perfect)
conditional of avoir + past participle (conditional multiword-construction perfect)
ulule (first-person present singular subjunctive)
ulules (present second-person singular subjunctive)
ulule (present singular subjunctive third-person)
ululions (first-person plural present subjunctive)
ululiez (plural present second-person subjunctive)
ululent (plural present subjunctive third-person)
ululasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
ululasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
ululât (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
ululassions (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
ululassiez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
ululassent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
ulule (imperative second-person singular)
ululons (first-person imperative plural)
ululez (imperative plural second-person)

(intransitive) to hoot (to make the cry of an owl)


huard

great northern diver
great northern diver

great northern loon (North America), great northern diver (Europe)


hululer

hululer (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
hululant (gerund participle present)
ayant + past participle (gerund multiword-construction participle present)
hululé (participle past)
hulule (first-person indicative present singular)
hulules (indicative present second-person singular)
hulule (indicative present singular third-person)
hululons (first-person indicative plural present)
hululez (indicative plural present second-person)
hululent (indicative plural present third-person)
hululais (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
hululais (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
hululait (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
hululions (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
hululiez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
hululaient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
hululai (first-person historic indicative past singular)
hululas (historic indicative past second-person singular)
hulula (historic indicative past singular third-person)
hululâmes (first-person historic indicative past plural)
hululâtes (historic indicative past plural second-person)
hululèrent (historic indicative past plural third-person)
hululerai (first-person future indicative singular)
hululeras (future indicative second-person singular)
hululera (future indicative singular third-person)
hululerons (first-person future indicative plural)
hululerez (future indicative plural second-person)
hululeront (future indicative plural third-person)
hululerais (conditional first-person singular)
hululerais (conditional second-person singular)
hululerait (conditional singular third-person)
hululerions (conditional first-person plural)
hululeriez (conditional plural second-person)
hululeraient (conditional plural third-person)
future of avoir + past participle (future indicative multiword-construction perfect)
conditional of avoir + past participle (conditional multiword-construction perfect)
hulule (first-person present singular subjunctive)
hulules (present second-person singular subjunctive)
hulule (present singular subjunctive third-person)
hululions (first-person plural present subjunctive)
hululiez (plural present second-person subjunctive)
hululent (plural present subjunctive third-person)
hululasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
hululasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
hululât (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
hululassions (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
hululassiez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
hululassent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
hulule (imperative second-person singular)
hululons (first-person imperative plural)
hululez (imperative plural second-person)

Borrowed from Latin ululāre. Doublet of hurler, which was inherited.


orignal

Borrowed from Basque oreinak, plural of orein (“deer”). First attested in the texts of Samuel de Champlain as orignac.


brûlot

(North America) an insect of the family Ceratopogonidae; noseeum, gnat


requin-baleine

requin-baleine m (plural requins-baleines)


vulcain

Vanessa atalanta
Vanessa atalanta#Translingual

red admiral (butterfly: Vanessa atalanta)


géocoucou

From géo- (“earth”) + coucou (“cuckoo”).


phoquier

fr-adj

phoquier (feminine phoquière, masculine plural phoquiers, feminine plural phoquières)

phoquière (feminine)
phoquiers (masculine plural)
phoquières (feminine plural)


phoquier

sealship (boat or ship used for seal hunting)


épagneul

fr-noun

épagneul m (plural épagneuls, feminine épagneule)

→ Italian: épagneul

Inherited from Old French espagneul, espaigneul, a Gallicization of Old Occitan espaignol (“Spanish”), from Vulgar Latin *Hispāniolus (“Spanish”), from Hispānia (“Spain”). First used as Espainholz in the 14th century by Gaston III of Foix, who described them in a book on hunting. An alternative theory derives it from the Old French verb espeignir (“lay down”), in reference to the behavior of the dogs when hunting game. However, it more likely means "from Spain", as Gaston brought them back from there. Doublet of espagnol.


faucheur

faucheur m (plural faucheurs, feminine faucheuse)


faucheux

From faucher + -eux, or possibly from faucheur with loss of the final consonant.


setter irlandais

setter irlandais m (plural setters irlandais)


équitation

Borrowed from Latin equitātiōnem, from equitō (“to ride a horse”).

faire de l'équitation - go horseriding


crevette nordique

crevette nordique f (plural crevettes nordiques)

Pandalus borealis
Pandalus borealis#Translingual


aptère

From roots a- (“-less”) + -ptère (“wing”). From Ancient Greek ἄπτερος (ápteros, “wingless”).


dermaptère

dermapteran; earwig (any insect of the order Dermaptera)


hyménoptère

From Ancient Greek ὑμενόπτερος (humenópteros, “membrane-winged”), from ὑμήν (humḗn, “membrane”) + πτερόν (pterón, “wing”).


néandertalien

fr-adj

néandertalien (feminine néandertalienne, masculine plural néandertaliens, feminine plural néandertaliennes)

néandertalienne (feminine)
néandertaliens (masculine plural)
néandertaliennes (feminine plural)


sandre

From German Zander, from a Slavic language, from Proto-Slavic *sǫdakъ.


harpie

From Latin harpȳia, from Ancient Greek ἅρπυια (hárpuia), from ἁρπάζω (harpázō, “to snatch, seize”).

Harpia harpyja
Harpia harpyja#Translingual


chapon

fr-noun

chapon m (plural chapons, feminine chaponne)

Inherited from Middle French chappon, from Old French chapon, chiapun, from Vulgar Latin *cappōnem, from Latin cāpō. Compare Catalan capó, English capon, Italian cappone, Occitan capon, Portuguese capão, Spanish capón.


vanneau

Borrowed from Gaulish, from Proto-Celtic *wesnālā. Cognate with Old Irish fannall (Irish fáinleog, Scottish Gaelic ainleag) and Welsh gwennol.


macreuse

Alteration (with suffix change) of Norman macrolle, probably from West Frisian markol or Dutch meerkol.


canard brun

Anas fulvigula
Anas fulvigula#Translingual


squalelet

any cookiecutter shark of the genus Isistius


hère

From Middle French hayre (16th c.), which is
* either the same word as haire (“made of hair”) as hair shirts were worn chiefly by paupers and penitents;
* or from earlier her, her(r)e (“gentleman”, 14th c.), from Middle High German hērre, with semantic pejoration (perhaps through ironic use).

wretch (now only as pauvre hère, but formerly also on its own)


hère

18th century, likely borrowed from Dutch hert (“deer”).

a young stag older than 6 months but not yet a brocket


oiseau de nuit

oiseau de nuit m (plural oiseaux de nuit)

(colloquial) a night owl, a night person


gangan

onomatopoeic

Imitative

Coccyzus minor
Coccyzus minor#Translingual

(Antilles) mangrove cuckoo (Coccyzus minor)


fauconnier

fr-noun

fauconnier m (plural fauconniers, feminine fauconnière)

fauconniers (plural)
fauconnière (feminine)

falconer (a person who breeds or trains hawks)


poitrail

Originally poitral, with change of suffix after -ail, from Latin pectoralis. Doublet of pectoral.


scinque

Learned borrowing from Latin scincos, from Ancient Greek σκίγκος (skínkos).


lapin de Pâques

lapin de Pâques m (plural lapins de Pâques)


pastenague

Borrowed from Old Occitan pastenago, pastenaga (“parsnip”), from Latin pastinaca. Doublet of panais.


tourteau

(heraldry) roundel (of any color except or or argent)

traditional sponge cake with a black crust, from Poitou, made with cottage cheese (cow or goat).


coua

Coined 1821, from Malagasy koa, an onomatopoeia for its cry.


escarbot

From Old French escharbot, from Latin scarabaeus (with the suffix -ot added), from Ancient Greek κάραβος (kárabos, “beetle, crayfish”).


escarbot

fr-adj

escarbot (feminine escarbote, masculine plural escarbots, feminine plural escarbotes)

escarbote (feminine)
escarbots (masculine plural)
escarbotes (feminine plural)


vrillette

a type of beetle that eats wood: specifically; one of a small number of species of beetle


palombe

From Occitan palomba, from Latin palumba.


myrmécophage

From Ancient Greek myrméco- (“ant”) + -phage (“eater”).


ébrouer

ébrouer (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
ébrouant (gerund participle present)
ayant + past participle (gerund multiword-construction participle present)
ébroué (participle past)
ébroue (first-person indicative present singular)
ébroues (indicative present second-person singular)
ébroue (indicative present singular third-person)
ébrouons (first-person indicative plural present)
ébrouez (indicative plural present second-person)
ébrouent (indicative plural present third-person)
ébrouais (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
ébrouais (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
ébrouait (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
ébrouions (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
ébrouiez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
ébrouaient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
ébrouai (first-person historic indicative past singular)
ébrouas (historic indicative past second-person singular)
ébroua (historic indicative past singular third-person)
ébrouâmes (first-person historic indicative past plural)
ébrouâtes (historic indicative past plural second-person)
ébrouèrent (historic indicative past plural third-person)
ébrouerai (first-person future indicative singular)
ébroueras (future indicative second-person singular)
ébrouera (future indicative singular third-person)
ébrouerons (first-person future indicative plural)
ébrouerez (future indicative plural second-person)
ébroueront (future indicative plural third-person)
ébrouerais (conditional first-person singular)
ébrouerais (conditional second-person singular)
ébrouerait (conditional singular third-person)
ébrouerions (conditional first-person plural)
ébroueriez (conditional plural second-person)
ébroueraient (conditional plural third-person)
future of avoir + past participle (future indicative multiword-construction perfect)
conditional of avoir + past participle (conditional multiword-construction perfect)
ébroue (first-person present singular subjunctive)
ébroues (present second-person singular subjunctive)
ébroue (present singular subjunctive third-person)
ébrouions (first-person plural present subjunctive)
ébrouiez (plural present second-person subjunctive)
ébrouent (plural present subjunctive third-person)
ébrouasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
ébrouasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
ébrouât (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
ébrouassions (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
ébrouassiez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
ébrouassent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
ébroue (imperative second-person singular)
ébrouons (first-person imperative plural)
ébrouez (imperative plural second-person)

From Old French esbroer, probably a borrowing from Middle Dutch broeyen, from Proto-Germanic *brōaną (“to singe; to brew”).


perruche

Romanian: peruș

parakeet; parrot; budgie (any of various birds)


perroqueter

perroqueter (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
perroquetant (gerund participle present)
perroquetant (gerund participle present)
ayant + past participle (gerund multiword-construction participle present)
perroqueté (participle past)
perroqueté (participle past)
perroquette (first-person indicative present singular)
perroquète (first-person indicative present singular)
perroquettes (indicative present second-person singular)
perroquètes (indicative present second-person singular)
perroquette (indicative present singular third-person)
perroquète (indicative present singular third-person)
perroquetons (first-person indicative plural present)
perroquetons (first-person indicative plural present)
perroquetez (indicative plural present second-person)
perroquetez (indicative plural present second-person)
perroquettent (indicative plural present third-person)
perroquètent (indicative plural present third-person)
perroquetais (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
perroquetais (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
perroquetais (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
perroquetais (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
perroquetait (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
perroquetait (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
perroquetions (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
perroquetions (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
perroquetiez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
perroquetiez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
perroquetaient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
perroquetaient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
perroquetai (first-person historic indicative past singular)
perroquetai (first-person historic indicative past singular)
perroquetas (historic indicative past second-person singular)
perroquetas (historic indicative past second-person singular)
perroqueta (historic indicative past singular third-person)
perroqueta (historic indicative past singular third-person)
perroquetâmes (first-person historic indicative past plural)
perroquetâmes (first-person historic indicative past plural)
perroquetâtes (historic indicative past plural second-person)
perroquetâtes (historic indicative past plural second-person)
perroquetèrent (historic indicative past plural third-person)
perroquetèrent (historic indicative past plural third-person)
perroquetterai (first-person future indicative singular)
perroquèterai (first-person future indicative singular)
perroquetteras (future indicative second-person singular)
perroquèteras (future indicative second-person singular)
perroquettera (future indicative singular third-person)
perroquètera (future indicative singular third-person)
perroquetterons (first-person future indicative plural)
perroquèterons (first-person future indicative plural)
perroquetterez (future indicative plural second-person)
perroquèterez (future indicative plural second-person)
perroquetteront (future indicative plural third-person)
perroquèteront (future indicative plural third-person)
perroquetterais (conditional first-person singular)
perroquèterais (conditional first-person singular)
perroquetterais (conditional second-person singular)
perroquèterais (conditional second-person singular)
perroquetterait (conditional singular third-person)
perroquèterait (conditional singular third-person)
perroquetterions (conditional first-person plural)
perroquèterions (conditional first-person plural)
perroquetteriez (conditional plural second-person)
perroquèteriez (conditional plural second-person)
perroquetteraient (conditional plural third-person)
perroquèteraient (conditional plural third-person)
future of avoir + past participle (future indicative multiword-construction perfect)
conditional of avoir + past participle (conditional multiword-construction perfect)
perroquette (first-person present singular subjunctive)
perroquète (first-person present singular subjunctive)
perroquettes (present second-person singular subjunctive)
perroquètes (present second-person singular subjunctive)
perroquette (present singular subjunctive third-person)
perroquète (present singular subjunctive third-person)
perroquetions (first-person plural present subjunctive)
perroquetions (first-person plural present subjunctive)
perroquetiez (plural present second-person subjunctive)
perroquetiez (plural present second-person subjunctive)
perroquettent (plural present subjunctive third-person)
perroquètent (plural present subjunctive third-person)
perroquetasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
perroquetasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
perroquetasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
perroquetasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
perroquetât (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
perroquetât (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
perroquetassions (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
perroquetassions (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
perroquetassiez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
perroquetassiez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
perroquetassent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
perroquetassent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
perroquette (imperative second-person singular)
perroquète (imperative second-person singular)
perroquetons (first-person imperative plural)
perroquetons (first-person imperative plural)
perroquetez (imperative plural second-person)
perroquetez (imperative plural second-person)


pluvier

Inherited from Old French plovier, from Vulgar Latin *pluviārius, probably from Latin pluvia.


fouine

→ Portuguese: fuinha

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *fāgīna (“beech marten”).


mouche du vinaigre

fr-noun

mouche du vinaigre f (plural mouches de vinaigre)


kamichi

First attested in 1741. Borrowed from kamityi, from an indigenous language of the Caribbean.


cheval de Przewalski

cheval de Przewalski m (plural chevaux de Przewalski)

Named after the Russian geographer and explorer Nikolai Przhevalsky, the first known European to describe the horse.

Nikolai Przhevalsky
fr:cheval de Przewalski


éléphant d'Asie

éléphant d’Asie m (plural éléphants d’Asie)

éléphant d’ Asie (canonical masculine)
éléphants d’Asie (plural)


éléphant d'Afrique

éléphant d’Afrique m (plural éléphants d’Afrique)

éléphant d’ Afrique (canonical masculine)
éléphants d’Afrique (plural)


courlis

From Old French courlieu. Cognate with English curlew.


ouarine

→ English: ouarine

→ English: warine

A misreading of ouariue (i.e. ouarive), from the same source as English guariba.


barquette

Inherited from Middle French barquette, first attested c. 1320 (discounting an adjective in nef barquette, 1238). By surface analysis, barque + -ette.

Serranus scriba
Serranus scriba#Translingual

(zoology) painted comber, Serranus scriba


aiguillon

Inherited from Old French aguillon, aguillun, awillon, from Early Medieval Latin acūleōnem. Reshaped according to aiguille (“needle”).


nageoire caudale

nageoire caudale f (plural nageoires caudales)


tamanoir

Dans la légende, on dit que le tamanoir s’est fait tuer son bébé et il est allé chez les monstres aquatiques, et il a tué un esprit des eaux. Et donc les chamans savent l’utiliser par sa force. Pour se venger, par exemple, des mauvais esprits.

2022, 0:52:36 from the start, in Marc Jampolsky, Marie Thiry, directors, Amazonie, les civilisations oubliées de la forêt (documentary), spoken by Aïmawalé Opoya, via Arte, retrieved 2024-12-02:

According to the legend, people say that the giant anteater's baby got killed and that he went to the water monsters, and that he killed a water spirit. So, the shamans know how to use him through his strength. For exemple, to take revenge on bad spirits.


carouge

blackbird (precisely, New World blackbird)


connil

Inherited from Old French connil, from Latin cunīculus.


grèbe

→ English: grebe


hoazin

Borrowed from Nahuatl huāctzin (which probably designated a different bird).


attelage

→ Spanish: atelaje


biquet

kid (or an affectionate name such as lamb)


bouvreuil

Probably from a contracted form of bouvier + -euil.


busard

→ German: Bussard

Inherited from Old French busart, Latin būteō.


carmin

→ Dutch: karmijn

Possibly from Medieval Latin *carminium, from Arabic قِرْمِز (qirmiz, “crimson, kermes”) (from Sanskrit कृमिज (kṛmija, “produced by worms”), from कृमि (kṛ́mi, “worm, insect”)), plus or with influence from Latin minium.
Or, from a contraction of Old French carmesin, from Spanish carmesí.


charbonnier

fr-noun

charbonnier m (plural charbonniers, feminine charbonnière)

charbonniers (plural)
charbonnière (feminine)

→ English: charbonnier

Inherited from Latin carbōnārius, from carbō. By surface analysis, charbon + -ier.

coal merchant (person who sells charcoal)

(nautical) collier (vessel carrying a bulk cargo of coal)


coursier

coursier m (plural coursiers, feminine coursière)

From course + -ier. Appeared in Old French as corsier, and in Medieval Latin cursārius.


goret

goret m (plural gorets, feminine gorette)


hoplostèthe orange

hoplostèthe orange f (plural hoplostèthes oranges)


barbarouffement

barbarouffement m (plural barbarouffements)

From barbarouffer (“(of a manatee or dugong) to call”) + -ment.


fourmilière

(figuratively) beehive (place full of activity, or in which people are very busy)


freux

From a variant of Old French fru, from Vulgar Latin *frocum, from Frankish *hrōk. Compare English rook.


gerfaut

From Middle French girfaus, from Old French gir (“vulture”) (a borrowing from Old High German gir) + faus, singular form of faucon.


hippisme

From Ancient Greek ἵππος (híppos) + -isme.


hulotte

From Middle French huller (“to wail, to howl”) + -otte, from Latin ululō; compare English ululate.


éléphantelle

fr-noun

éléphantelle f (plural éléphantelles, masculine éléphanteau)

éléphantelles (plural)
éléphanteau (masculine)


polatouche

Siberian flying squirrel
Siberian flying squirrel

Siberian flying squirrel (Pteromys volans)


mauviette

Alauda arvensis
Alauda arvensis#Translingual


poulette

Inherited from Old French. By surface analysis, poule + -ette (diminutive suffix).


mérou

Borrowed from Spanish mero. Ultimate origin obscure.


murène

Learned borrowing from Latin murēna, itself borrowed from Ancient Greek μύραινα (múraina).


nématode

From Ancient Greek νηματώδης (nēmatṓdēs, “fibrous, in filaments”), from νῆμα (nêma, “thread, yarn”) + -ώδης (-ṓdēs, “-like”).


œillère

(chiefly in the plural) blinker(s) (for a horse)


orfraie

Inherited from Old French osfraie, inherited from Latin ossifraga (“osprey”), from ossifragus (“bone breaking”). Doublet of ossifrage.

Haliaeetus albicilla
Haliaeetus albicilla#Translingual

white-tailed eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla)


pékinois

fr-adj

pékinois (feminine pékinoise, masculine plural pékinois, feminine plural pékinoises)

pékinoise (feminine)
pékinois (masculine plural)
pékinoises (feminine plural)


coq de bruyère

fr-noun

coq de bruyère m (plural coqs de bruyère)


sapajou

→ English: sapajou

→ Translingual: Sapajus


oiseau de passage

oiseau de passage m (plural oiseaux de passage)

(figuratively) bird of passage (someone passing through a place and only staying for a short time)


geai des chênes

geai des chênes m (plural geais des chênes)


épeichette

lesser spotted woodpecker
lesser spotted woodpecker


taurillon

taurillon m (plural taurillons, feminine taure)


tourtereau

Inherited from Latin turturellus (or turturillus), both diminutives of turtur (“turtle (archaic), turtle dove, turtledove”).


chabot

Attested since at least 1220 (as cabot), of unclear origin. Perhaps via Occitan from (Vulgar) Latin capoceus, from caput.


crapaud buffle

crapaud buffle m (plural crapauds buffles)

Alternative form of crapaud-buffle (“cane toad”)


nandou

Borrowed from Spanish ñandú from Guaraní ñandu guasu.


émerillon

Inherited from Middle French emerillon, from Old French esmerillon, diminutive of esmeril, from Frankish *smiril, from Proto-Germanic *smirilaz.


merlette

From merle + -ette, literally “little blackbird”, the word for the male blackbird being mostly female until the 16th century (a male: "une merle", a little male: "une merlette").
Meaning 2 (hen blackbird) appears in 1839.


gammare

A scud, a crustacean of the genus Gammarus


poule d'eau

poule d’ eau (canonical feminine)
poules d’eau (plural)

Fulica americana
Fulica americana#Translingual

(Louisiana, Missouri) American coot (Fulica americana)


circaète jean-le-blanc

fr-noun

circaète jean-le-blanc m (plural circaètes jean-le-blanc)

short-toed snake eagle
short-toed snake eagle


athérure

brush-tailed porcupine
brush-tailed porcupine


imbrim

From Faroese imbrimil (“great northern diver”).

uder

IMBRIM, s. m. (Hist. nat.) nom que l’on donne dans les îles de Feroe ou Farroe à un oiseau de la grosseur d’une oie, qui, dit - on, ne sort jamais de l’eau.

1751-72, Encyclopédie, André le Breton, Michel-Antoine David, Laurent Durand, Antoine-Claude Briasson, pages 8:566


tarin

fr-adj

tarin (feminine tarine, masculine plural tarins, feminine plural tarines)

tarine (feminine)
tarins (masculine plural)
tarines (feminine plural)

Inherited from Old French terin, tarins, of obscure origin.


chat-tigre

wildcat; (often specifically) margay, oncilla


caelifère

any grasshopper belonging to the suborder Caelifera


crapaud-buffle

fr-noun

crapaud-buffle m (plural crapauds-buffles)


entretailler

entretailler (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
entretaillant (gerund participle present)
entretaillant (gerund participle present)
ayant + past participle (gerund multiword-construction participle present)
entretaillé (participle past)
entretaillé (participle past)
entretaille (first-person indicative present singular)
entretaille (first-person indicative present singular)
entretailles (indicative present second-person singular)
entretailles (indicative present second-person singular)
entretaille (indicative present singular third-person)
entretaille (indicative present singular third-person)
entretaillons (first-person indicative plural present)
entretaillons (first-person indicative plural present)
entretaillez (indicative plural present second-person)
entretaillez (indicative plural present second-person)
entretaillent (indicative plural present third-person)
entretaillent (indicative plural present third-person)
entretaillais (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
entretaillais (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
entretaillais (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
entretaillais (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
entretaillait (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
entretaillait (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
entretaillions (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
entretaillions (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
entretailliez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
entretailliez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
entretaillaient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
entretaillaient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
entretaillai (first-person historic indicative past singular)
entretaillai (first-person historic indicative past singular)
entretaillas (historic indicative past second-person singular)
entretaillas (historic indicative past second-person singular)
entretailla (historic indicative past singular third-person)
entretailla (historic indicative past singular third-person)
entretaillâmes (first-person historic indicative past plural)
entretaillâmes (first-person historic indicative past plural)
entretaillâtes (historic indicative past plural second-person)
entretaillâtes (historic indicative past plural second-person)
entretaillèrent (historic indicative past plural third-person)
entretaillèrent (historic indicative past plural third-person)
entretaillerai (first-person future indicative singular)
entretaillerai (first-person future indicative singular)
entretailleras (future indicative second-person singular)
entretailleras (future indicative second-person singular)
entretaillera (future indicative singular third-person)
entretaillera (future indicative singular third-person)
entretaillerons (first-person future indicative plural)
entretaillerons (first-person future indicative plural)
entretaillerez (future indicative plural second-person)
entretaillerez (future indicative plural second-person)
entretailleront (future indicative plural third-person)
entretailleront (future indicative plural third-person)
entretaillerais (conditional first-person singular)
entretaillerais (conditional first-person singular)
entretaillerais (conditional second-person singular)
entretaillerais (conditional second-person singular)
entretaillerait (conditional singular third-person)
entretaillerait (conditional singular third-person)
entretaillerions (conditional first-person plural)
entretaillerions (conditional first-person plural)
entretailleriez (conditional plural second-person)
entretailleriez (conditional plural second-person)
entretailleraient (conditional plural third-person)
entretailleraient (conditional plural third-person)
future of avoir + past participle (future indicative multiword-construction perfect)
conditional of avoir + past participle (conditional multiword-construction perfect)
entretaille (first-person present singular subjunctive)
entretaille (first-person present singular subjunctive)
entretailles (present second-person singular subjunctive)
entretailles (present second-person singular subjunctive)
entretaille (present singular subjunctive third-person)
entretaille (present singular subjunctive third-person)
entretaillions (first-person plural present subjunctive)
entretaillions (first-person plural present subjunctive)
entretailliez (plural present second-person subjunctive)
entretailliez (plural present second-person subjunctive)
entretaillent (plural present subjunctive third-person)
entretaillent (plural present subjunctive third-person)
entretaillasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
entretaillasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
entretaillasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
entretaillasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
entretaillât (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
entretaillât (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
entretaillassions (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
entretaillassions (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
entretaillassiez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
entretaillassiez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
entretaillassent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
entretaillassent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
entretaille (imperative second-person singular)
entretaille (imperative second-person singular)
entretaillons (first-person imperative plural)
entretaillons (first-person imperative plural)
entretaillez (imperative plural second-person)
entretaillez (imperative plural second-person)

(of a horse) to knock knees, to have one's legs hit each other when one walks


hase

From German Hase, from Middle High German hase, from Old High German haso, from Proto-Germanic *hasô (“hare”). More at hare.


singesse

singesse f (plural singesses, masculine singe)


bichon maltais

bichon maltais m (plural bichons maltais)


carpeau

From Old French carpel. By surface analysis, carpe + -eau.


phragmite

phragmite aquatique Acrocephalus paludicola

phragmite des joncs Acrocephalus schoenobaenus'


célerin

Considered by de Vries to derive from Old Norse síldhering (see síld, síl). Compare Jèrriais célérin.


foulque

From Latin fulica, probably via Occitan folca.


cheau

cub of a dog, wolf, fox, badger, or otter


baleine-pilote

baleine-pilote f (plural baleines-pilotes)


omble

From Latin umbra, influenced in form by Old French umble from Latin humilis.


andouiller

Inherited from Old French andoillee, antoillier. Cognate of English antler.

(hunting) tine (a small horn that grows in the antlers of a deer, buck, or roe deer)


aubin

Inherited from Middle French aubin, hobin, hobi, from Old French hobi, *haubi, haubby, hobin (“a nag, hobby”), from Old French hober, ober (“to stir, move”), from Old Dutch hobben (“to toss, move up and down”); or from North Germanic origin related to Danish hoppe (“a mare”), Old Swedish hoppa (“a young mare”), North Frisian hoppe (“horse”); both ultimately from Proto-Germanic *huppōną (“to hop”), from Proto-Indo-European *kewb- (“to bend; a bend, joint”). More at hobby, hop, hobble.


nilgaut

Borrowed from Hindi नीलगाय (nīlgāy) or Persian نیلیگاو (nili-gâv). Compare also dialectal Hindi गो (go, “cow”) which may explain the ending -gaut.


bât

Inherited from Old French bast, from Vulgar Latin *bastum, derivative of *bastō (“to carry, serve as a support, suffice”), from Ancient Greek βαστάζω (bastázō, “to lift, bear”). Displaced Classical Latin clitellae.


vulpiculture

From Latin vulpēs (“fox”) + cultūra (“cultivation, agriculture”).


crocodile marin

fr-noun

crocodile marin m (plural crocodiles marins)


bécasseau

stint, sandpiper (bird of genus Calidris)


bégueter

bégueter (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
béguetant (gerund participle present)
béguetant (gerund participle present)
ayant + past participle (gerund multiword-construction participle present)
bégueté (participle past)
bégueté (participle past)
béguète (first-person indicative present singular)
béguètes (indicative present second-person singular)
béguète (indicative present singular third-person)
béguetons (first-person indicative plural present)
béguetons (first-person indicative plural present)
béguetez (indicative plural present second-person)
béguetez (indicative plural present second-person)
béguètent (indicative plural present third-person)
béguetais (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
béguetais (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
béguetais (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
béguetais (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
béguetait (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
béguetait (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
béguetions (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
béguetiez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
béguetaient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
béguetaient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
béguetai (first-person historic indicative past singular)
béguetai (first-person historic indicative past singular)
béguetas (historic indicative past second-person singular)
béguetas (historic indicative past second-person singular)
bégueta (historic indicative past singular third-person)
bégueta (historic indicative past singular third-person)
béguetâmes (first-person historic indicative past plural)
béguetâmes (first-person historic indicative past plural)
béguetâtes (historic indicative past plural second-person)
béguetâtes (historic indicative past plural second-person)
béguetèrent (historic indicative past plural third-person)
béguetèrent (historic indicative past plural third-person)
béguèterai (first-person future indicative singular)
béguèterai (first-person future indicative singular)
béguèteras (future indicative second-person singular)
béguèteras (future indicative second-person singular)
béguètera (future indicative singular third-person)
béguètera (future indicative singular third-person)
béguèterons (first-person future indicative plural)
béguèterons (first-person future indicative plural)
béguèterez (future indicative plural second-person)
béguèterez (future indicative plural second-person)
béguèteront (future indicative plural third-person)
béguèteront (future indicative plural third-person)
béguèterais (conditional first-person singular)
béguèterais (conditional first-person singular)
béguèterais (conditional second-person singular)
béguèterais (conditional second-person singular)
béguèterait (conditional singular third-person)
béguèterait (conditional singular third-person)
béguèterions (conditional first-person plural)
béguèterions (conditional first-person plural)
béguèteriez (conditional plural second-person)
béguèteriez (conditional plural second-person)
béguèteraient (conditional plural third-person)
béguèteraient (conditional plural third-person)
future of avoir + past participle (future indicative multiword-construction perfect)
conditional of avoir + past participle (conditional multiword-construction perfect)
béguète (first-person present singular subjunctive)
béguètes (present second-person singular subjunctive)
béguète (present singular subjunctive third-person)
béguetions (first-person plural present subjunctive)
béguetiez (plural present second-person subjunctive)
béguètent (plural present subjunctive third-person)
béguetasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
béguetasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
béguetasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
béguetasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
béguetât (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
béguetât (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
béguetassions (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
béguetassions (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
béguetassiez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
béguetassiez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
béguetassent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
béguetassent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
béguète (imperative second-person singular)
béguetons (first-person imperative plural)
béguetons (first-person imperative plural)
béguetez (imperative plural second-person)
béguetez (imperative plural second-person)


bernache

From Old French (Norman-Picard) bernaque, bernicle (1270), from Gaulish *bernacula "barnacle" (cf. Irish bairneach, Breton and Welsh brennig), from *barenos "rock" (cf. Irish barenn). The sense evolution is due to the popular belief that barnacle geese, a type of brant, were born out of barnacles (the sea creature).

brant, barnacle goose; any goose of the genus Branta


biqueter

biqueter (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
biquetant (gerund participle present)
ayant + past participle (gerund multiword-construction participle present)
biqueté (participle past)
biquette (first-person indicative present singular)
biquète (first-person indicative present singular)
biquettes (indicative present second-person singular)
biquètes (indicative present second-person singular)
biquette (indicative present singular third-person)
biquète (indicative present singular third-person)
biquetons (first-person indicative plural present)
biquetez (indicative plural present second-person)
biquettent (indicative plural present third-person)
biquètent (indicative plural present third-person)
biquetais (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
biquetais (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
biquetait (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
biquetions (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
biquetiez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
biquetaient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
biquetai (first-person historic indicative past singular)
biquetas (historic indicative past second-person singular)
biqueta (historic indicative past singular third-person)
biquetâmes (first-person historic indicative past plural)
biquetâtes (historic indicative past plural second-person)
biquetèrent (historic indicative past plural third-person)
biquetterai (first-person future indicative singular)
biquèterai (first-person future indicative singular)
biquetteras (future indicative second-person singular)
biquèteras (future indicative second-person singular)
biquettera (future indicative singular third-person)
biquètera (future indicative singular third-person)
biquetterons (first-person future indicative plural)
biquèterons (first-person future indicative plural)
biquetterez (future indicative plural second-person)
biquèterez (future indicative plural second-person)
biquetteront (future indicative plural third-person)
biquèteront (future indicative plural third-person)
biquetterais (conditional first-person singular)
biquèterais (conditional first-person singular)
biquetterais (conditional second-person singular)
biquèterais (conditional second-person singular)
biquetterait (conditional singular third-person)
biquèterait (conditional singular third-person)
biquetterions (conditional first-person plural)
biquèterions (conditional first-person plural)
biquetteriez (conditional plural second-person)
biquèteriez (conditional plural second-person)
biquetteraient (conditional plural third-person)
biquèteraient (conditional plural third-person)
future of avoir + past participle (future indicative multiword-construction perfect)
conditional of avoir + past participle (conditional multiword-construction perfect)
biquette (first-person present singular subjunctive)
biquète (first-person present singular subjunctive)
biquettes (present second-person singular subjunctive)
biquètes (present second-person singular subjunctive)
biquette (present singular subjunctive third-person)
biquète (present singular subjunctive third-person)
biquetions (first-person plural present subjunctive)
biquetiez (plural present second-person subjunctive)
biquettent (plural present subjunctive third-person)
biquètent (plural present subjunctive third-person)
biquetasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
biquetasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
biquetât (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
biquetassions (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
biquetassiez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
biquetassent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
biquette (imperative second-person singular)
biquète (imperative second-person singular)
biquetons (first-person imperative plural)
biquetez (imperative plural second-person)


crevette grise

crevette grise f (plural crevettes grises)

a caridean shrimp of species Crangon crangon


bondrée

honey buzzard (of genus Pernis or Henicopernis)


mauvis

Inherited from Old French mauvis, ultimately related to English mew (“gull”).


ursidé

fr-adj

ursidé (feminine ursidée, masculine plural ursidés, feminine plural ursidées)

ursidée (feminine)
ursidés (masculine plural)
ursidées (feminine plural)


tursiops

bottlenose dolphin; dolphin of the genus Tursiops


touladi

Salvelinus namaycush
Salvelinus namaycush#Translingual

a fish, Salvelinus namaycush, the lake trout


caïque à queue courte

fr-noun

caïque à queue courte m (plural caïques à queue courte)


buse à queue courte

buse à queue courte m (plural buses à queue courte)


simien

fr-adj

simien (feminine simienne, masculine plural simiens, feminine plural simiennes)

simienne (feminine)
simiens (masculine plural)
simiennes (feminine plural)


antilope cheval

fr-noun

antilope cheval f (plural antilopes cheval)


tayau

From taïaut (interjection used in deer-hunting), by metonymy. More at tallyho.


bête-puante

From bête + puant, literally “stinking beast”.


zinzinulement

warble, warbling (the song of some birds)


zisel

Compare German Ziesel and Czech sysel, from Proto-Slavic *sysьlъ.


souslic

Compare Russian суслик (suslik), from Proto-Slavic *sysьlъ.


fronteau

Inherited from Old French fronteaus, plural of frontel, variant of frontal with a change of suffix (compare frontail as well). Cf. also Medieval Latin frontalis, Latin frontalia, frontale (“frontlet”).


patassa

(Louisiana, Cajun) perch, bluegill, bream, crappie


torcol

From tord (“he twists”) + col (“the neck”). Compare torticolis.


aumaille

Inherited from Middle French almaille (whence also the variant armaille), from Old French almaille, from Latin animālia, neuter plural of animal reinterpreted as a feminine singular. Doublet of animal.


bréchet

Inherited from Middle French brechet, brichet, bruchet, from Middle English brusket (whence modern English brisket), from Old Danish bryske, from Old Norse brjósk, from Proto-Germanic *breuską, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrews- (“to break”). Cognate with German Brausche (“bruise, bump”).


myrmécophilie

From Ancient Greek myrméco- + -philie or myrmécophile + -ie.


mouche à miel

LL-Q150 (fra)-WikiLucas00-mouche à miel.wav

(archaic or literary outside Louisiana, Cajun) bee


poisson-chien

(Africa) the tigerfish, in the genus Hydrocynus

(rare) European mudminnow (Umbra krameri)


poisson-tigre

From poisson (“fish”) + tigre (“tiger”).


ptérois zèbre

zebra turkeyfish, zebra lionfish (Dendrochirus zebra)


caille des blés

fr-noun

caille des blés f (plural cailles des blés)

LL-Q150 (fra)-Lyokoï-caille des blés.wav


rat d'égout

rat d’ égout (canonical masculine)
rats d’égout (plural)


mouche à feu

LL-Q150 (fra)-DenisdeShawi-mouche à feu.wav

Possibly a calque of English firefly, but the evidence is not clear.

(Louisiana)


œuf sur le plat

œuf sur le plat m (plural œufs sur le plat)

LL-Q150 (fra)-Poslovitch-œuf sur le plat.wav


lièvre arctique

lièvre arctique m (plural lièvres arctiques)


acanthure

From Ancient Greek ᾰ̓́κᾰνθᾰ (ắkănthă, “spine”) + οὐρᾱ́ (ourā́, “tail”).

af

(zoology) a fish of the genus Acanthurus, from the Acanthuridae family


poisson-chirurgien

fr-noun

poisson-chirurgien m (plural poissons-chirurgiens)


grand dauphin

grand dauphin m (plural grands dauphins)

/ɡʁɑ̃ do.fɛ̃/

common bottlenose dolphin
common bottlenose dolphin

Tursiops truncatus
Tursiops truncatus#Translingual

bottlenose dolphin; especially the common bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus)


dauphin à gros nez

dauphin à gros nez m (plural dauphins à gros nez)


chien de terre

chien de terre f (plural chiens de terre)


n'aigle

n’ aigle (canonical masculine)
n’aigles (plural)

From a pronunciation of French un aigle "an eagle". Compare Louisiana Creole French spelling of nèg.

(Louisiana, Cajun) Alternative form of aigle, eagle


cheval du diable

cheval du diable m (plural chevaux du diable)

From cheval + du + diable, literally “devil’s horse”.


gallérie

Galleria mellonella
Galleria mellonella#Translingual

a kind of wax-eating moth, Galleria mellonella


zeauzeau fleur

fr-noun

zeauzeau fleur m (plural zeauzeaux fleur)


corneille mantelée

corneille mantelée f (plural corneilles mantelées)


corneille noire

corneille noire f (plural corneilles noires)

Corvus corone
Corvus corone#Translingual


diamant mandarin

diamant mandarin m (plural diamants mandarins)


dauphin de Chine

dauphin de Chine m (plural dauphins de Chine)


dauphin du Yangzi

dauphin du Yangzi m (plural dauphins du Yangzi)


mouette rieuse

mouette rieuse f (plural mouettes rieuses)

From mouette (“gull”) + rieuse (“laughing”).


chien policier

chien policier m (plural chiens policiers)


canard d'Amérique

canard d’Amérique m (plural canards d’Amérique)

canard d’ Amérique (canonical masculine)
canards d’Amérique (plural)


hibou grand-duc

hibou grand-duc m (plural hiboux grands-ducs)


pigeon voyageur

pigeon voyageur m (plural pigeons voyageurs)


oxyure

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ὀξύς οὐρά (oxús ourá, literally “sharp tail”).


morailles

From Old Occitan moralha, from Vulgar Latin *murrum (“muzzle, snout”), the like source as in morion (“a kind of helmet with no visor”), moraine (“amassment of rocks on a glacier”).

(farriery) barnacle, twitch, a kind of pincers or vise to fix the mouth of a horse to yield the opportunity of surgery


combat de coqs

fr-noun

combat de coqs m (plural combats de coqs)

cockfight (contest, in a cockpit, between gamecocks fitted with cockspurs)


râle des genêts

râle des genêts m (plural râles des genêts)


roi des cailles

roi des cailles m (plural rois des cailles)


grenouille-taureau

grenouille-taureau f (plural grenouilles-taureaux)


oréotrague

From Ancient Greek ὄρος (óros, “mountain”) + τρᾰ́γος (trắgos, “male goat”).


lapin de garenne

lapin de garenne m (plural lapins de garenne)


noix de Saint-Jacques

noix de Saint-Jacques m (plural noix de Saint-Jacques)


lapiniser

lapiniser (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
lapinisant (gerund participle present)
ayant + past participle (gerund multiword-construction participle present)
lapinisé (participle past)
lapinise (first-person indicative present singular)
lapinises (indicative present second-person singular)
lapinise (indicative present singular third-person)
lapinisons (first-person indicative plural present)
lapinisez (indicative plural present second-person)
lapinisent (indicative plural present third-person)
lapinisais (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
lapinisais (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
lapinisait (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
lapinisions (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
lapinisiez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
lapinisaient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
lapinisai (first-person historic indicative past singular)
lapinisas (historic indicative past second-person singular)
lapinisa (historic indicative past singular third-person)
lapinisâmes (first-person historic indicative past plural)
lapinisâtes (historic indicative past plural second-person)
lapinisèrent (historic indicative past plural third-person)
lapiniserai (first-person future indicative singular)
lapiniseras (future indicative second-person singular)
lapinisera (future indicative singular third-person)
lapiniserons (first-person future indicative plural)
lapiniserez (future indicative plural second-person)
lapiniseront (future indicative plural third-person)
lapiniserais (conditional first-person singular)
lapiniserais (conditional second-person singular)
lapiniserait (conditional singular third-person)
lapiniserions (conditional first-person plural)
lapiniseriez (conditional plural second-person)
lapiniseraient (conditional plural third-person)
future of avoir + past participle (future indicative multiword-construction perfect)
conditional of avoir + past participle (conditional multiword-construction perfect)
lapinise (first-person present singular subjunctive)
lapinises (present second-person singular subjunctive)
lapinise (present singular subjunctive third-person)
lapinisions (first-person plural present subjunctive)
lapinisiez (plural present second-person subjunctive)
lapinisent (plural present subjunctive third-person)
lapinisasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
lapinisasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
lapinisât (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
lapinisassions (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
lapinisassiez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
lapinisassent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
lapinise (imperative second-person singular)
lapinisons (first-person imperative plural)
lapinisez (imperative plural second-person)


macaque rhésus

macaque rhésus m (plural macaques rhésus)

Macaca mulatta
Macaca mulatta#Translingual


harfang des neiges

harfang des neiges m (plural harfangs des neiges)

LL-Q150 (fra)-Lyokoï-harfang des neiges.wav

Bubo scandiacus
Bubo scandiacus#Translingual


tigre du Bengale

tigre du Bengale m (plural tigres du Bengale)

Panthera tigris tigris
Panthera tigris tigris#Translingual


bec-en-sabot du Nil

bec-en-sabot du Nil m (plural becs-en-sabot du Nil)


abu-markub

Borrowed from Arabic أَبُو (ʔabū) + مَرْكُوب (markūb).

af

أَبُو (ʔabū) + مَرْكُوب (markūb)

(used in Africa, notably in Sudan) shoebill


bec-en-sabot

Balaeniceps, a monotypic genus of wading bird from the family Balaenicipitidae, of which the only living species is the shoebill


loup fouisseur

fr-noun

loup fouisseur m (plural loups fouisseurs)


pinson du Nord

pinson du Nord m (plural pinsons du Nord)

Fringilla montifringilla
Fringilla montifringilla#Translingual

brambling, the bird Fringilla montifringilla


élanion

From Ancient Greek ἔλανος (élanos, “kite”).


aigle des steppes

aigle des steppes m (plural aigles des steppes)

Aquila nipalensis
Aquila nipalensis#Translingual


chouette boréale

chouette boréale f (plural chouettes boréales)

Aegolius funereus
Aegolius funereus#Translingual

boreal owl, Tengmalm's owl, Richardson's owl (Aegolius funereus, syn. Nyctala tengmalmi)


hibou petit-duc

hibou petit-duc m (plural hiboux petits-ducs)


grand pingouin

grand pingouin m (plural grands pingouins)

/ɡʁɑ̃ pɛ̃.ɡwɛ̃/

Pinguinus impennis
Pinguinus impennis#Translingual


panthère nébuleuse

panthère nébuleuse f (plural panthères nébuleuses)

Neofelis nebulosa
Neofelis nebulosa#Translingual


goberge

(Canada) saithe; coalfish; coley; pollock


grue de Sibérie

grue de Sibérie f (plural grues de Sibérie)

Grus leucogeranus
Grus leucogeranus#Translingual


mésange charbonnière

mésange charbonnière f (plural mésanges charbonnières)


moineau domestique

moineau domestique m (plural moineaux domestiques)

Passer domesticus
Passer domesticus#Translingual


moineau franc

moineau franc m (plural moineaux francs)


saumon rouge

Oncorhynchus nerka
Oncorhynchus nerka#Translingual

sockeye salmon, blueback salmon, red salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka)


merle blanc

échenilleur de La Réunion
échenilleur de La Réunion#French

Delachaux et Niestlé
w:fr:Delachaux et Niestlé

(Réunion) Synonym of échenilleur de La Réunion (Lalage newtoni (Pollen, 1866)


écureuil gris

Sciurus carolinensis
Sciurus carolinensis#Translingual


écureuil roux

Sciurus vulgaris
Sciurus vulgaris#Translingual


chouette rayée

chouette rayée m (plural chouettes rayées)


petite nyctale

petite nyctale f (plural petites nyctales)


chouette hulotte

chouette hulotte f (plural chouettes hulottes)


chevêche des terriers

chevêche des terriers f (plural chevêches des terriers)

Athene cunicularia
Athene cunicularia#Translingual

burrowing owl (Athene cunicularia, syn. Speotyto cunicularia)


chouette des terriers

chouette des terriers f (plural chouettes des terriers)


chevêchette d'Europe

chevêchette d’Europe f (plural chevêchettes d’Europe)

chevêchette d’ Europe (canonical feminine)
chevêchettes d’Europe (plural)

/ʃə.vɛ.ʃɛt d‿ø.ʁɔp/

Glaucidium passerinum
Glaucidium passerinum#Translingual

Eurasian pygmy owl (Glaucidium passerinum)


chouette lapone

chouette lapone f (plural chouettes lapones)

Strix nebulosa
Strix nebulosa#Translingual

great grey owl, Lapland owl (Strix nebulosa)


chouette cendrée

chouette cendrée f (plural chouettes cendrées)


grand-duc d'Amérique

grand-duc d’Amérique m (plural grands-ducs d’Amérique)

grand-duc d’ Amérique (canonical masculine)
grands-ducs d’Amérique (plural)

Bubo virginianus
Bubo virginianus#Translingual