Appendix:Animal names in French
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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 |
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[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 |
C
[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 |
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[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 |
G
[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 |
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[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 |
Q
[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 |
T
[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 |
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[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 |