"animal" meaning in French

See animal in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /a.ni.mal/ Audio: Fr-animal.ogg Forms: animale [feminine], animaux [masculine, plural], animales [feminine, plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin animal. Compare the archaic inherited doublet aumaille and its variant armaille, both from the Latin neuter plural animālia. Etymology templates: {{glossary|loanword|Borrowed}} Borrowed, {{bor|fr|la|animal|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Latin animal, {{bor+|fr|la|animal}} Borrowed from Latin animal, {{doublet|fr|aumaille|notext=1}} aumaille, {{doublet|fr|armaille|notext=1}} armaille, {{m|la|animālia}} animālia Head templates: {{fr-adj}} animal (feminine animale, masculine plural animaux, feminine plural animales)
  1. animal Categories (lifeform): Animals Synonyms: bestial
    Sense id: en-animal-fr-adj-q5GoLRTP Disambiguation of Animals: 69 31 Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 71 29

Noun

IPA: /a.ni.mal/ Audio: Fr-animal.ogg Forms: animaux [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin animal. Compare the archaic inherited doublet aumaille and its variant armaille, both from the Latin neuter plural animālia. Etymology templates: {{glossary|loanword|Borrowed}} Borrowed, {{bor|fr|la|animal|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Latin animal, {{bor+|fr|la|animal}} Borrowed from Latin animal, {{doublet|fr|aumaille|notext=1}} aumaille, {{doublet|fr|armaille|notext=1}} armaille, {{m|la|animālia}} animālia Head templates: {{fr-noun|m}} animal m (plural animaux)
  1. animal Tags: masculine Synonyms: bête, bestiole Derived forms: animal de compagnie, animal domestique, animalerie, droits des animaux, règne animal, reine des animaux, roi des animaux
    Sense id: en-animal-fr-noun-q5GoLRTP Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 71 29

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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