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)


oryctérope

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


ongulé

Borrowed from New Latin ungulātus, with assimilation to ongle.


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.


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)


requin bouledogue

requin bouledogue m (plural requins bouledogues)


requin baleine

requin baleine m (plural requins baleines)


requin pèlerin

requin pèlerin m (plural requins pèlerin)


requin grande gueule

requin grande gueule m (plural requins grandes gueules)


requin longimane

requin longimane m (plural requins longimanes)

oceanic whitetip shark
oceanic whitetip shark


requin saumon

requin saumon m (plural requins saumons)

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


requin du Groenland

requin du Groenland m (plural requins du Groenland)


requin cuivre

requin cuivre m (plural requins cuivres)


requin renard

requin renard m (plural requins renards)


requin-crocodile

requin-crocodile m (plural requins-crocodiles)


requin à pointes noires

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


requin griset

requin griset m (plural requins grisets)

bluntnose sixgill shark
bluntnose sixgill shark


éléphant de mer

éléphant de mer m (plural éléphants de mer)


pétrel

→ Italian: petrello


fourmilier nain

fourmilier nain m (plural fourmiliers nains)


fourmilier géant

fourmilier géant m (plural fourmiliers géants)


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”).


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:


paruline

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


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 (pū́gargos).

pygargue à tête blanche


gélinotte

grouse (one of a number species of grouse)


bruant

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


ouaouaron

Louisiana Creole: wawaron

→ Spanish: wawarón

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


moqueur

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)


mésangeai

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


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)


grand-duc

fr-noun

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


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.


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)


poisson-vipère

poisson-vipère m (plural poissons-vipères)


baleine grise

baleine grise f (plural baleines grises)


baleine boréale

baleine boréale f (plural baleines boréales)


baleine à bosse

baleine à bosse f (plural baleines à bosse)

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


baleine à bec

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


baleine pilote

baleine pilote f (plural baleines pilote)


baleine pygmée

baleine pygmée f (plural baleines pygmées)


baleine du Groenland

baleine du Groenland f (plural baleines du Groenland)

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


baleine à fanons

baleine à fanons f (plural baleines à fanons)


baleine de Minke

baleine de Minke f (plural baleines de Minke)

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


baleine de Cuvier

baleine de Cuvier f (plural baleines de Cuvier)

Cuvier's beaked whale (Ziphius cavirostris)


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 chabraque

chacal à chabraque m (plural chacals à chabraque)


chacal à flancs rayés

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


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)


tourte voyageuse

tourte voyageuse f (plural tourtes voyageuse)

Ectopistes migratorius
Ectopistes migratorius#Translingual

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


rotengle

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


éperlan

→ Italian: sperlano (see there for further descendants)

→ Spanish: eperlano


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)


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"


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.


requin-baleine

requin-baleine m (plural requins-baleines)


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.


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


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)


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.


coua

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


palombe

From Occitan palomba, from Latin palumba.


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”).


kamichi

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


cheval de Przewalski

fr-noun

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'Afrique

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

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


éléphant d'Asie

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

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


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 le 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


bouvreuil

Probably from a contracted form of bouvier + -euil.


busard

→ German: Bussard

Inherited from Old French busart, Latin būteō.


charbonnier

charbonnier m (plural charbonniers, feminine charbonnière)

charbonniers (plural)
charbonnière (feminine)

From charbon + -ier, Latin carbōnārius, from carbō.

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.


hoplostèthe orange

hoplostèthe orange f (plural hoplostèthes oranges)


barbarouffement

barbarouffement m (plural barbarouffements)

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


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).


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.


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

(please add an English translation of this quotation)


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


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.


baleine-pilote

baleine-pilote f (plural baleines-pilotes)


omble

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


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)


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)


souslic

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


zisel

Compare German Zeisel and Czech sysel, 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.


poisson-tigre

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


poisson-chien

(Africa) the tigerfish, in the genus Hydrocynus

(rare) European mudminnow (Umbra krameri)


rat d'égout

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


caille des blés

fr-noun

caille des blés f (plural cailles des blés)

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


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 (ákantha, “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


zeauzeau fleur

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)


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

combat de coqs m (plural combats de coqs)

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


roi des cailles

roi des cailles m (plural rois des cailles)


râle des genêts

râle des genêts m (plural râles des genêts)


grenouille-taureau

grenouille-taureau f (plural grenouilles-taureaux)


oréotrague

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


lapin de garenne

lapin de garenne m (plural lapins de garenne)


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 franc

moineau franc m (plural moineaux francs)

Passer domesticus
Passer domesticus#Translingual


moineau domestique

moineau domestique m (plural moineaux domestiques)


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 roux

Sciurus vulgaris
Sciurus vulgaris#Translingual


écureuil gris

Sciurus carolinensis
Sciurus carolinensis#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


épervière boréale

épervière boréale f (plural épervières boréales)


chouette épervière

chouette épervière f (plural chouettes épervières)


hibou des marais

hibou des marais m (plural hiboux des marais)

LL-Q150 (fra)-WikiLucas00-hibou des marais.wav

Asio flammeus
Asio flammeus#Translingual


écureuil d'Eurasie

écureuil d’Eurasie m (plural écureuils d’Eurasie)

écureuil d’ Eurasie (canonical masculine)
écureuils d’Eurasie (plural)


vautour moine

vautour moine m (plural vautours moines)

Eurasian black vulture
Eurasian black vulture


hirondelle de rochers

hirondelle de rochers f (plural hirondelles de rochers)

Eurasian crag martin
Eurasian crag martin


pluvier doré

Eurasian golden plover
Eurasian golden plover

Pluvialis apricaria
Pluvialis apricaria#Translingual

Eurasian golden plover (Pluvialis apricaria)


pluvier bronzé

pluvier bronzé m (plural pluviers bronzés)

American golden plover
American golden plover

Pluvialis dominica
Pluvialis dominica#Translingual

American golden plover, Pluvialis dominica


pluvier fauve

pluvier fauve m (plural pluviers fauves)

Pluvialis fulva
Pluvialis fulva#Translingual


faucon hobereau

faucon hobereau m (plural faucons hobereaux)

Falco subbuteo
Falco subbuteo#Translingual


sittelle torchepot

sittelle torchepot f (plural sittelles torchepots)

Sitta europaea
Sitta europaea#Translingual


faucon pèlerin

faucon pèlerin m (plural faucons pèlerins)

Falco peregrinus
Falco peregrinus#Translingual


spatule blanche

spatule blanche f (plural spatules blanches)

Platalea leucorodia
Platalea leucorodia#Translingual

Eurasian spoonbill (Platalea leucorodia)


troglodyte mignon

troglodyte mignon m (plural troglodytes mignons)

Troglodytes troglodytes
Troglodytes troglodytes#Translingual


épervier d'Europe

épervier d’Europe m (plural éperviers d’Europe)

épervier d’ Europe (canonical masculine)
éperviers d’Europe (plural)

Eurasian sparrowhawk
Eurasian sparrowhawk

Accipiter nisus
Accipiter nisus#Translingual


pic tridactyle

pic tridactyle m (plural pics tridactyles)

Eurasian three-toed woodpecker
Eurasian three-toed woodpecker

Picoides tridactylus
Picoides tridactylus#Translingual

Eurasian three-toed woodpecker (Picoides tridactylus)


grimpereau des bois

grimpereau des bois m (plural grimpereaux des bois)

LL-Q150 (fra)-WikiLucas00-grimpereau des bois.wav

Eurasian treecreeper
Eurasian treecreeper

Certhia familiaris
Certhia familiaris#Translingual

Eurasian treecreeper (Certhia familiaris)


canard siffleur

canard siffleur m (plural canards siffleurs)

Mareca penelope
Mareca penelope#Translingual


bécasse des bois

bécasse des bois f (plural bécasses des bois)

LL-Q150 (fra)-Lyokoï-bécasse des bois.wav

Scolopax rusticola
Scolopax rusticola#Translingual


castor commun

castor commun m (plural castors communs)


bison d'Europe

bison d’Europe m (plural bisons d’Europe)

bison d’ Europe (canonical masculine)
bisons d’Europe (plural)

Bison bonasus
Bison bonasus#Translingual


castor d'Europe

castor d’Europe m (plural castors d’Europe)

castor d’ Europe (canonical masculine)
castors d’Europe (plural)


guêpier d'Europe

guêpier d’Europe m (plural guêpiers d’Europe)

guêpier d’ Europe (canonical masculine)
guêpiers d’Europe (plural)

Merops apiaster
Merops apiaster#Translingual


castor d'Eurasie

castor d’Eurasie m (plural castors d’Eurasie)

castor d’ Eurasie (canonical masculine)
castors d’Eurasie (plural)


bison d'Amérique

bison d’Amérique m (plural bisons d’Amérique)

bison d’ Amérique (canonical masculine)
bisons d’Amérique (plural)


chabot commun

chabot commun m (plural chabots communs)


anguille commune

anguille commune f (plural anguilles communes)

Anguilla anguilla
Anguilla anguilla#Translingual

(zoology) European eel (Anguilla anguilla)


anguille d'Europe

anguille d’Europe f (plural anguilles d’Europe)

anguille d’ Europe (canonical feminine)
anguilles d’Europe (plural)

Coordinate term: anguille d’Amérique


citrinelle

Spinus psaltria
Spinus psaltria#Translingual


chardonneret élégant

chardonneret élégant m (plural chardonnerets élégants)

Carduelis carduelis
Carduelis carduelis#Translingual

European goldfinch, Eurasian goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis)


chardonneret jaune

chardonneret jaune m (plural chardonnerets jaunes)


chardonneret gris

chardonneret gris m (plural chardonnerets gris)

Lawrence's goldfinch
Lawrence's goldfinch


merlu commun

Merluccius merluccius
Merluccius merluccius#Translingual


merlu européen

merlu européen m (plural merlus européens)


citrinelle de Californie

citrinelle de Californie f (plural citrinelles de Californie)


chardonneret mineur

chardonneret mineur m (plural chardonnerets mineurs)


lièvre brun

Lepus europaeus
Lepus europaeus#Translingual


lièvre européen

lièvre européen m (plural lièvres européens)


lièvre d'Europe

lièvre d’Europe m (plural lièvres d’Europe)

lièvre d’ Europe (canonical masculine)
lièvres d’Europe (plural)


lièvre du Cap

Lepus capensis
Lepus capensis#Translingual


goéland argenté

goéland argenté m (plural goélands argentés)

European herring gull
European herring gull

Larus argentatus
Larus argentatus#Translingual

European herring gull (Larus argentatus)


goéland hudsonien

goéland hudsonien m (plural goélands hudsoniens)

Larus smithsonianus
Larus smithsonianus#Translingual

American herring gull (Larus smithsonianus)


goéland de la Véga

goéland de la Véga m (plural goélands de la Véga)


goéland pontique

goéland pontique m (plural goélands pontiques)

Larus cachinnans
Larus cachinnans#Translingual


goéland d'Arménie

goéland d’Arménie m (plural goélands d’Arménie)

goéland d’ Arménie (canonical masculine)
goélands d’Arménie (plural)

Larus armenicus
Larus armenicus#Translingual


goéland leucophée

goéland leucophée m (plural goélands leucophées)

Larus michahellis
Larus michahellis#Translingual


buse bondrée

European honey buzzard
European honey buzzard

Pernis apivorus
Pernis apivorus#Translingual

European honey buzzard (Pernis apivorus)


bondrée apivore

bondrée apivore f (plural bondrées apivores)


méhari

→ Dutch: mehari

Borrowed from Arabic مَهَارٍ (mahārin, “a mehari camel or dromedary”).


écureuil occidental

fr-noun

écureuil occidental m (plural écureuils occidentaux)


nid d'aigle

nid d’ aigle (canonical masculine)
nids d’aigle (plural)

(figuratively) eyrie (almost inaccessible and inexpugnable place)


cheval de course

cheval de course m (plural chevaux de course)


hyène rayée

Hyaena hyaena
Hyaena hyaena#Translingual


faucon crécerelle

faucon crécerelle m (plural faucons crécerelles)

Falco tinnunculus
Falco tinnunculus#Translingual


oie des neiges

oie des neiges f (plural oies des neiges)

LL-Q150 (fra)-WikiLucas00-oie des neiges.wav

Chen caerulescens
Chen caerulescens#Translingual

snow goose (Chen caerulescens syn. Anser caerulescens)


rollier d'Europe

rollier d’Europe m (plural rolliers d’Europe)

rollier d’ Europe (canonical masculine)
rolliers d’Europe (plural)

Coracias garrulus
Coracias garrulus#Translingual


mésange penduline

mésange penduline f (plural mésanges pendulines)

European penduline tit
European penduline tit

Remiz pendulinus
Remiz pendulinus#Translingual

European penduline tit (Remiz pendulinus)


rémiz penduline

rémiz penduline f (plural rémiz pendulines)


loutre commune

loutre commune f (plural loutres communes)


loutre européenne

loutre européenne f (plural loutres européennes)


mésange de Pologne

mésange de Pologne f (plural mésanges de Pologne)

LL-Q150 (fra)-DenisdeShawi-mésange de Pologne.wav


loutre d'Europe

loutre d’Europe f (plural loutres d’Europe)

loutre d’ Europe (canonical feminine)
loutres d’Europe (plural)


gobemouche noir

gobemouche noir m (plural gobemouches noirs)

European pied flycatcher
European pied flycatcher

Ficedula hypoleuca
Ficedula hypoleuca#Translingual

European pied flycatcher (Ficedula hypoleuca)


lamproie fluviatile

lamproie fluviatile f (plural lamproies fluviatiles)

European river lamprey
European river lamprey

European river lamprey (Lampetra fluviatilis)


lamproie de rivière

lamproie de rivière f (plural lamproies de rivière)


cormoran huppé

cormoran huppé m (plural cormorans huppés)

Phalacrocorax aristotelis
Phalacrocorax aristotelis#Translingual

European shag (Phalacrocorax aristotelis)


merle d'Amérique

merle d’Amérique m (plural merles d’Amérique)

merle d’ Amérique (canonical masculine)
merles d’Amérique (plural)

Turdus migratorius
Turdus migratorius#Translingual


suce-fleur

From sucer (“to suck”) + fleur (“flower”), literally “suckflower”.


sac-à-lait

fr-noun

sac-à-lait m (plural sac-à-laits or sacs-à-lait)

sac-à-laits (plural)
sacs-à-lait (plural)

Borrowed from Choctaw sakli (“trout”), via folk etymology which reinterpreted it as a “sack for milk.”

(Louisiana, Missouri) a white perch (Morone americana)


sciène

croaker, drumfish, fish in the family Sciaenidae


roi des oiseaux

roi des oiseaux m (plural rois des oiseaux)


gobemouche gris

gobemouche gris m (plural gobemouches gris)

Muscicapa striata
Muscicapa striata#Translingual


tarier

From tarin (“siskin”), with change of suffix.


traquet pâtre

traquet pâtre m (plural traquets pâtres)

Saxicola rubicola
Saxicola rubicola#Translingual


campagnol terrestre

campagnol terrestre m (plural campagnols terrestres)

Arvicola amphibius
Arvicola amphibius#Translingual

European water vole (Arvicola amphibius)


rat d'eau

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


grand campagnol

grand campagnol m (plural grands campagnols)


campagnol de Richardson

campagnol de Richardson m (plural campagnols de Richardson)

water vole, North American vole (Microtus richardsoni)


chat sauvage

Procyon lotor
Procyon lotor#Translingual


aigle impérial

aigle impérial m (plural aigles impériaux)

eastern imperial eagle
eastern imperial eagle

Aquila heliaca
Aquila heliaca#Translingual


vipère heurtante

vipère heurtante f (plural vipères heurtantes)


pigeon de passage

pigeon de passage m (plural pigeons de passage)

Ce pigeon est devenu réfractaire à l’infection réiterée par le virus le plus virulent, le sang des pigeons de passage.

1888, Comptes rendus hebdomadaires des séances de l'Académie des sciences:


au grand galop

LL-Q150 (fra)-Lepticed7-au grand galop.wav


merlesse

merlesse f (plural merlesses, masculine merle)

Un jour que Catherine avait plus songé à chercher des nids dans les buissons qu’à garder ses bêtes, elle trouva vers le soir un nid de merles avec trois gros petits déjà bien emplumés. Ils ne paraissaient guère farouches, car, lorsqu’elle leur montrait le bout de son doigt en imitant le cri de la merlesse, ils ouvraient leurs becs jaunes et montraient leurs larges gosiers tout roses.

1874, George Sand, Contes d’une grand’mère, Michel Lévy frères, page 159:

One day, when Catherine had thought more of looking for nests in the bushes than of keeping her animals, towards evening she found a blackbird’s nest with three large cubs already well feathered. They hardly seemed fierce, for when she showed them the tip of her finger, imitating the cry of the blackbird, they opened their yellow beaks and showed their large pink throats.


fromage de chèvre

fromage de chèvre m (usually uncountable, plural fromages de chèvre)

LL-Q150 (fra)-Benoît Prieur-fromage de chèvre.wav


aigle royal

Aquila chrysaetos
Aquila chrysaetos#Translingual


alouette des champs

alouette des champs f (plural alouettes des champs)

LL-Q150 (fra)-Lyokoï-alouette des champs.wav

Alauda arvensis
Alauda arvensis#Translingual


boa constricteur

boa constricteur m (plural boas constricteurs)

Unadapted borrowing from New Latin Boa cōnstrictor.

ubor

Boa constrictor
Boa constrictor#Translingual


rhinocéros laineux

fr-noun

rhinocéros laineux m (plural rhinocéros laineux)

woolly rhinoceros (Coelodonta antiquitatis)


bernache du Canada

bernache du Canada f (plural bernaches du Canada)

LL-Q150 (fra)-DenisdeShawi-bernache du Canada.wav

Branta canadensis
Branta canadensis#Translingual


bernache nonnette

bernache nonnette f (plural bernaches nonnettes)

Branta leucopsis
Branta leucopsis#Translingual


labre nettoyeur

luestreak cleaner wrasse Labroides dimidiatus


phoque du Groenland

phoque du Groenland m (plural phoques du Groenland)

Pagophilus groenlandicus
Pagophilus groenlandicus#Translingual


blanchon

white-coated harp seal pup (Pagophilus groenlandicus)


prendre le mors aux dents

LL-Q150 (fra)-WikiLucas00-prendre le mors aux dents.wav

LL-Q150 (fra)-Lyokoï-prendre le mors aux dents.wav

LL-Q150 (fra)-Tsaag Valren-prendre le mors aux dents.wav

Literally, “to take the bit to the teeth”.


perruche de Latham

fr-noun

perruche de Latham f (plural perruches de Latham)

Named after British author, physician, and naturalist John Latham.

named-after

Lathamus discolor
Lathamus discolor#Translingual


rat noir

Rattus rattus
Rattus rattus#Translingual


papangue

Borrowed from Malagasy papango (“harrier”), from Maore Comorian papangu.

bor+

Circus maillardi
Circus maillardi#Translingual

Circus macrosceles
Circus macrosceles#Translingual


galéopithèque

Philippine flying lemur
Philippine flying lemur


acanthoptérygien

fr-noun

acanthoptérygien m (plural acanthoptérygiens)


chaudeau

→ Czech: šodó

Inherited from Latin *caldellum, from calidus.


ferré à glace

fr-adj

ferré à glace (feminine ferrée à glace, masculine plural ferrés à glace, feminine plural ferrées à glace)

ferrée à glace (feminine)
ferrés à glace (masculine plural)
ferrées à glace (feminine plural)

(equestrianism, of a horse) equipped with spiked horseshoes so as to be able to walk on ice


crocodilée

Mentioned in Ambroise Paré's Des monstres et prodiges (XVIth century).

(historical) An ophthalmic drug produced from crocodiles

Ambroise Paré
Dictionnaire de la langue française
Émile Littré


pur-sang

From pur (“pure”) + sang (“blood”). Attested from 1842, although cheval pur sang is attested from 1830.


double-bécassine

fr-noun

double-bécassine f (plural doubles-bécassines)

desc

ду́бальт, ду́пель

→ Belarusian: ду́бальт, ду́пель (dúbalʹt, dúpjelʹ)

→ Danish: dobbeltbekkasin

→ Lithuanian: dubeltas

→ Norwegian: dobbeltbekkasin

→ Polish: dubelt

→ Russian: ду́пель (dúpelʹ)

→ Swedish: dubbelbeckasin

→ Ukrainian: ду́пель (dúpelʹ)


bête à cornes

From bête (“beast”) + à + cornes (“horns”).


requin-taupe du Pacifique

fr-noun

requin-taupe du Pacifique m (plural requin-taupes du Pacifique)


canard mandarin

canard mandarin m (plural canards mandarins)


chauve-souris de mer

chauve-souris de mer f (plural chauve-souris de mer)

Synonym of ogcocephalidé (“ogcocephalid”).


chauve-souris bourdon

chauve-souris bourdon f (plural chauve-souris bourdons)

From chauve-souris (“bat”) + bourdon (“bumblebee”).

com

Kitti's hog-nosed bat
Kitti's hog-nosed bat

bumblebee bat, Kitti's hog-nosed bat (Craseonycteris thonglongyai)


chauve-souris vampire

fr-noun

chauve-souris vampire f (plural chauve-souris vampires)


ogcocephalidé

From Ogcocephalus + -idé (suffix forming taxonomic family names).


kitti à nez de porc

fr-noun

kitti à nez de porc f (plural kittis à nez de porc)

chauve-souris bourdon
chauve-souris bourdon#French

Synonym of chauve-souris bourdon (Craseonycteris thonglongyai).


poisson chauve-souris

poisson chauve-souris m (plural poissons chauve-souris)


chauve-souriceau

chauve-souriceau m (plural chauves-souriceaux, feminine chauve-souricelle)

chauves-souriceaux (plural)
chauve-souricelle (feminine)


renard à oreilles de chauve-souris

renard à oreilles de chauve-souris m (plural renards à oreilles de chauve-souris)

renards à oreilles de chauve-souris (plural)


œuf au plat

→ Vietnamese: trứng ốp la

LL-Q150 (fra)-Poslovitch-œuf au plat.wav


mouette blanche

mouette blanche f (plural mouettes blanches)

Pagophila eburnea
Pagophila eburnea#Translingual


koï

koi (domesticated varieties of the common carp)


bleu de Gascogne

bleu de Gascogne m (plural bleus de Gascogne)

bleu + de + Gascogne, literally "blue of Gascony".

A race of pigeons from Southeastern France with blue plumage, a Gascony pigeon.


Ularu

(Australian Aboriginal mythology) A primordial snake-like creator deity


poule faisane

poule faisane f (plural poules faisanes, masculine faisan)

poules faisanes (plural)
faisan (masculine)


battre des ailes

LL-Q150 (fra)-LoquaxFR-battre des ailes.wav

to flutter (to flap its wings while on the ground)


xénique

New Zealand wren, a bird of the genus Xenicus


boëtte

Borrowed from Breton boued, from Middle Breton boet, from Old Breton boit-ol-ion, from Proto-Brythonic *buɨd, from Proto-Celtic *beitom, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷeyh₃tom, from *gʷeyh₃-.

(ichthyology, zoology) group of very young fish


pantouflier

From pantoufle + -ier. The sense of "hammerhead shark" comes from the secondary meaning of "horseshoe".


labre capitaine

labre capitaine m (plural labres capitaines)


boubouler

boubouler (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
bouboulant (gerund participle present)
ayant + past participle (gerund multiword-construction participle present)
bouboulé (participle past)
bouboule (first-person indicative present singular)
bouboules (indicative present second-person singular)
bouboule (indicative present singular third-person)
bouboulons (first-person indicative plural present)
bouboulez (indicative plural present second-person)
bouboulent (indicative plural present third-person)
bouboulais (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
bouboulais (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
bouboulait (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
bouboulions (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
boubouliez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
bouboulaient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
bouboulai (first-person historic indicative past singular)
bouboulas (historic indicative past second-person singular)
bouboula (historic indicative past singular third-person)
bouboulâmes (first-person historic indicative past plural)
bouboulâtes (historic indicative past plural second-person)
bouboulèrent (historic indicative past plural third-person)
bouboulerai (first-person future indicative singular)
boubouleras (future indicative second-person singular)
bouboulera (future indicative singular third-person)
bouboulerons (first-person future indicative plural)
bouboulerez (future indicative plural second-person)
boubouleront (future indicative plural third-person)
bouboulerais (conditional first-person singular)
bouboulerais (conditional second-person singular)
bouboulerait (conditional singular third-person)
bouboulerions (conditional first-person plural)
boubouleriez (conditional plural second-person)
boubouleraient (conditional plural third-person)
future of avoir + past participle (future indicative multiword-construction perfect)
conditional of avoir + past participle (conditional multiword-construction perfect)
bouboule (first-person present singular subjunctive)
bouboules (present second-person singular subjunctive)
bouboule (present singular subjunctive third-person)
bouboulions (first-person plural present subjunctive)
boubouliez (plural present second-person subjunctive)
bouboulent (plural present subjunctive third-person)
bouboulasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
bouboulasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
bouboulât (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
bouboulassions (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
bouboulassiez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
bouboulassent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
bouboule (imperative second-person singular)
bouboulons (first-person imperative plural)
bouboulez (imperative plural second-person)

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


jaseur d'Amérique

jaseur d’Amérique m (plural jaseurs d’Amérique)

jaseur d’ Amérique (canonical masculine)
jaseurs d’Amérique (plural)


archer cracheur

archer cracheur m (plural archers cracheurs)

(zoology) Synonym of poisson archer (“archerfish”)


poisson archer

poisson archer m (plural poissons archers)

Partial calque of translingual Toxotes or poisson + archer.


chat de Margueritte

chat de Margueritte m (plural chats de Margueritte)


chat du désert

chat du désert m (plural chats du désert)


chat des sables

chat des sables m (plural chats des sables)

Felis margarita
Felis margarita#Translingual


pocheteau

A skate, especially the bottlenose skate.


armadille

L’Armadille est très-répandu dans toutes les régions circa-méditerranéennes; il se trouve sous les pierres.

1892 February 3, Adrian Dollfus, “Catalogue Raisonné des Isopodes Terrestre de l'Espagne”, in Anales de la Sociedad Española de Historia Natural, volume 20, page 164:

The pill bug is very widespread in all circa-Mediterranean regions. It is found under stones.


cassenoix

From casse (“breaks”, third-person singular present indicative of casser (“to break”)) + noix (“nut”), literally “[that which] breaks nut”.

compound

third-person singular present indicative of <i class="Latn mention" lang="fr">casser</i> (“to break”)


renard gris

Urocyon cinereoargenteus
Urocyon cinereoargenteus#Translingual


roi caille

Alternative form of râle des genêts (“corncrake”).


oiseau couillon

fr-noun

oiseau couillon m (plural oiseaux couillons)

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))


échenilleur de La Réunion

échenilleur de La Réunion m (plural échenilleurs de La Réunion)

Réunion cuckooshrike
Réunion cuckooshrike

Réunion cuckooshrike (Lalage newtoni (Pollen, 1866))


gros tec-tec des Hauts

gros tec-tec des Hauts m (plural gros tec-tecs des Hauts)

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


tuit-tuit de La Réunion

tuit-tuit de La Réunion m (plural tuit-tuits de La Réunion)


rabiolot

(regional) Synonym of lapereau (“young rabbit”)


tenir la corde

LL-Q150 (fra)-WikiLucas00-tenir la corde.wav

(equestrianism) to be in the inside lane, to stay in the inside lane


gallinule poule-d'eau

gallinule poule-d’eau f (plural gallinules poule-d’eau)

gallinule poule-d’eau (canonical feminine)
gallinules poule-d’eau (plural)


foulque d'Amérique

foulque d’Amérique f (plural foulques d’Amérique)

foulque d’ Amérique (canonical feminine)
foulques d’Amérique (plural)


alouette hausse-col

alouette hausse-col f (plural alouettes hausse-col)


goglu des prés

goglu des prés m (plural goglus des prés)


fauvette grisette

fauvette grisette f (plural fauvettes grisettes)


fauvette des jardins

fauvette des jardins f (plural fauvettes des jardins)


roselin cramoisi

roselin cramoisi m (plural roselins cramoisis)


renard crabier

renard crabier m (plural renards crabiers)


macaque crabier

macaque crabier m (plural macaques crabiers)


léopard nébuleux

léopard nébuleux m (plural léopards nébuleux)

Neofelis nebulosa
Neofelis nebulosa#Translingual


loulou de Poméranie

loulou de Poméranie m (plural loulous de Poméranie)