Appendix:Animal names in French
Appearance
Index
[edit]The following table has names of animals in French, plus the related terms for the male, the female, the young, the habitat, the group, the cry and the adjective associated with the respective animal.
Animal | Male | Female | Young | Habitat | Group | Cry | Adjective | Related terms |
général | petit, petit du + nom de l'animal |
nid a, tanière a, terrier a, zoo ou |
colonie, troupe, troupeau, meute |
hibernaculum, litière |
A
[edit]Animals | Male | Female | Young | Habitat | Group | Cry | Adjective | Related terms |
abeille | faux-bourdon | reine | essaim a ruche h |
colonie | bourdonnement | apicole | nourrice, ouvrière | |
agouti | dasyproctidé | |||||||
aigle | aiglon | nid, aire |
rapace, aquilin |
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antilope | biche | faon | ||||||
âne | baudet | ânesse | ânon | pré, écurie | asinus | braiement | ||
arachnide | ||||||||
araignée | ||||||||
autruche |
B
[edit]Animal | Male | Female | Young | Habitat | Group | Cr | Adjective | Related terms |
baleine | baleineau | chant | ||||||
bar | ||||||||
bardot petit mulet |
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barracuda | ||||||||
belette | ||||||||
béluga | ||||||||
bernard-l'ermite | ||||||||
bigorneau | ||||||||
bison | ||||||||
blaireau | ||||||||
blatte | ||||||||
boa | ||||||||
bouquetin | ||||||||
bourdon | bourdonnement | |||||||
brochet | ||||||||
brachiosaure | ||||||||
brontosaure | ||||||||
buffle | ||||||||
buse |
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[edit]Animal | Male | Female | Young | Habitat | Group | cry | Adjective | Related terms |
calamar |
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campagnol |
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canard | cane | caneton | cancanement | palmipède | ||||
caracal |
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capucin | cébidé | |||||||
carpe | cyprinidé | |||||||
castor | terriers barrages |
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cétacé |
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chacal |
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chameau | chamelle | blatèrement | camélidé | |||||
chat | chat, matou |
chatte | chaton | miaulement | félin | matou minet | ||
chauve-souris | chiroptère | vampire | ||||||
cheval | étalon u | jument | poulain | box h | hennissement, renâclement |
équin, chevalin |
canasson, carne | |
chèvre |
bouc |
chèvre |
chevreaux cabris biquet |
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chien | chienne | chiot | niche h | meute | aboiement, jappement, grognement |
canidé | clébard, clebs, cabot, toutou | |
chimpanzé |
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choucas |
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merle |
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cochon | truie cochonne |
porcelet | porcherie | porcidé | porc | |||
coléoptère |
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colibri oiseau mouche |
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colin |
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condor |
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coquillage |
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corail |
récif |
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corbeau |
corbillat, corbillot |
vol, bande |
croassement |
corvidé | ||||
corneille | ||||||||
coque |
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couleuvre |
nid |
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crabe |
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crapaud | ||||||||
crocodile | crocodilien | |||||||
crotale |
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crustacé |
D
[edit]Animal | Male | Female | Young | Habitat | Group | Cr | Adjective | Related terms |
dahu dahut |
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dauphin |
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dinde | dindon | dinde | ||||||
dingo | Australie | |||||||
dinosaure | dinosaurien | |||||||
dodo |
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dronte |
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dromadaire | blatèrement |
E
[edit]Animal | Male | Female | Young | Habitat | Group | Cr | Adjective | Related terms |
écureuil |
arbres | |||||||
eider |
édredon | |||||||
élan |
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élande |
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éléphant | éléphante | éléphanteau | troupe | barrissement | éléphantin | |||
épervier |
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éponge |
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escargot | ||||||||
esturgeon |
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étoile de mer |
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étrille |
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espadon |
F
[edit]Animal | Male | Female | Young | Habitat | Group | Cr | Adjective | Related terms |
faisan |
faisane,poule faisane |
faisandé |
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faucon |
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fourmi | reine | larve | fourmilière a, nid a |
formicidé, formique, myrmécéen |
ouvrière, soldat | |||
fourmilier | tamanoir, myrmécophage |
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frelon |
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[edit]Animal | Male | Female | Young | Habitat | Group | Cr | Adjective | Related terms |
gardon |
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gazelle | ||||||||
geai |
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girafe | girafon, girafeau |
muette | ||||||
goberge (lieu) |
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gorille |
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grenouille | têtard | croassement | amphibien | rainette | ||||
grillon | ||||||||
guépard | ||||||||
guêpe |
H
[edit]Animal | Male | Female | Young | Habitat | Group | Cr | Adjective | Related terms |
hamster |
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hanneton |
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hareng |
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héron |
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hippocampe |
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hippopotame | hippopotamien | hippo |
I
[edit]Animal | Male | Female | Young | Habitat | Group | Cr | Adjective | Related terms |
iguane |
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insecte |
ver, larve |
insectarium h |
J
[edit]Animal | Male | Female | Young | Habitat | Group | Cr | Adjective | Related terms |
jaguar | ||||||||
jaguarondi |
K
[edit]Animal | Male | Female | Young | Habitat | Group | Cr | Adjective | Related terms |
kangourou |
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koala |
L
[edit]Animal | Male | Female | Young | Habitat | Group | Cry | Adjective | Related terms |
lama |
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lapin |
lapine |
lapineau |
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lémure | lémurien | |||||||
léopard | ||||||||
lézard | saurien | |||||||
licorne |
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lieu |
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lièvre | hase | levraut | terrier | lévrier | ||||
lion | lionne | lionceau | troupe | grondement, rugissement |
léonin | |||
lombric, ver de terre |
lumbricidé | |||||||
loup | louve | louveteau | ||||||
loutre |
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lynx |
M
[edit]Animal | Male | Female | Young | Habitat | Group | Cr | Adjective | Related terms |
mammifère | mammifère | |||||||
manchot |
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maquereau |
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marguay |
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marsouin | ||||||||
marsupial | marsupial | |||||||
martre ou marte |
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méduse |
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merlan |
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merle |
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mésange |
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mite |
miteux |
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moa |
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mollusque |
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mouche | asticot | essaim | diptère | moucheron | ||||
moule |
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moustique |
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mouton |
bélier |
brebis |
agneau |
bêlement |
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mule mulet |
mulet |
mule |
N
[edit]Animal | Male | Female | Young | Habitat | Group | Cry | Adjective | Related terms |
nandou |
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narval |
O
[edit]Animal | Male | Female | Young | Habitat | Group | Cry | Adjective | Related terms |
ocelot |
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oie | jars | oie | oison | vol (en vol) | caquètement, sifflement, criaillement |
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oiseau | oisillons | nid a, cage h |
chant, appel, sifflement, trille |
aviaire | ||||
once |
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ornithorynque | ||||||||
orque | ||||||||
otarie | ||||||||
orang-outan | ||||||||
ours | ourse | ourson | grognement, grondement |
oursin |
P
[edit]Animal | Male | Female | Young | Habitat | Group | Cry | Adjective | Related terms |
pachyderme | pachydermique | |||||||
paon |
pavoiser |
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papillon | chenille, chrysalide |
lépidoptère, papilionacée |
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passereau | ||||||||
perche | ||||||||
perdrix |
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perroquet | perroquetter | |||||||
phacochère |
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pic vert pivert |
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pie | ||||||||
pieuvre, poulpe |
octopode | |||||||
pigeon | nid a, pigeonnier h |
roucoulement | ||||||
pingouin | pingouineau | |||||||
pinson | ||||||||
poisson |
frai, alevin,(œufs) |
aquarium h, bassin h |
banc | poiscaille | ||||
poisson-chat | ||||||||
porc | porc e, cochon c |
truie | porcelet, cochon de lait |
porcherie h, soue h |
grognement | porcin | ||
poule | coq e, poulet, chapon c |
poule, poularde | poussin | poulailler h, nid de poule a |
gloussement, caquètement, cocorico |
gallinacé | ||
puma | ||||||||
punaise | hémiptère | |||||||
primate | primate |
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[edit]Animal Quetzal | Male | Female | Young | Habitat | Group birds | Cry | Adjective | Related terms |
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[edit]Animal | Male | Female | Young | Habitat | Group | Cry | Adjective | Related terms |
raie |
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rat |
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ragondin |
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renard | renarde | renardeau | tanière a, terrier a, trou a, |
aboiement | goupil | |||
requin |
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rhinoceros |
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[edit]Animal | Male | Female | Young | Habitat | Group | Cry | Adjective | Related terms |
sanglier |
laie |
marcassin |
grommellement |
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saumon |
saumoné |
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saurien |
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sauterelle |
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scarabée | larve | coléoptère | ||||||
scorpion |
scorpionidé |
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seiche |
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serpent |
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serval |
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sole |
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singe |
guenon |
troupe |
simien | |||||
souris |
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[edit]Animal | Male | Female | Young | Habitat | Group | Cry | Adjective | Related terms |
termite |
termitière a, termitary a |
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thon |
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tigre |
tigresse |
feulement |
tigré |
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tortue |
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tourteau |
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truite |
V
[edit]Animal | Male | Female | Young | Habitat | Group | Cry | Adjective | Related terms |
vipère | vipérin | |||||||
vison |
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vautour | nid | rapace | ||||||
vigneau |
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[edit]Animal | Male | Female | Young | Habitat | Group | Cry | Adjective | Related terms |
wapiti |
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[edit]Animal | Male | Female | Young | Habitat | Group | Cry | Adjective | Related terms |
zèbre | jument | zébré | ||||||
zébu | veau | meuglement |