You may have had a pet at one point in your life or you may even have one now. Either way, it makes perfect sense going through today's lesson on French vocabulary---all about pets and animals in French.
We will not only be covering pets in French, but also other animals in French; from the farm, or the names of field animals in French.
Le chien, after all, will forever be man's best friend. And wouldn't it be nice to call your pets in French sometimes? You’ll never know, your pet may even love hearing the language.
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| Pets | Les bêtes |
| cat | le chat/la chatte |
| dog | le chien/la chienne |
| domestic animal | l’animal domestique (m) |
| frog | la grenouille |
| goldfish | le poisson rouge |
| hamster | le hamster |
| lizard | le lézard |
| parrot | le perroquet |
| rabbit | le lapin |
| tortoise | la tortue |
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| Farm and Field Animals | Les animaux de la ferme et des champs |
| bat | la chauve-souris |
| bull | le taureau |
| calf | le veau |
| chick | le poussin |
| cow | la vache |
| donkey | l’âne/l’ânesse |
| dormouse | le loir |
| duck | le canard |
| duckling | le caneton |
| ewe | la brebis |
| field mouse | le mulot |
| goat | la chèvre |
| goose | l’oie (f ) |
| guinea pig | le cochon d’Inde |
| hare | le lièvre |
| hen | la poule |
| herd | le troupeau |
| horse | le cheval |
| lamb | l’agneau (m) |
| mare | la jument |
| marmot | la marmotte |
| mole | la taupe |
| mouse | la souris |
| mule | la mule |
| ox | le boeuf |
| pig | le cochon |
| pony | le poney |
| porcupine | le porc-épic |
| poultry | la volaille |
| rabbit | le lapin |
| raccoon | le raton laveur |
| ram | le bélier |
| rat | le rat/la ratte |
| rooster | le coq |
| sheep | le mouton |
| sow | la truie |
| squirrel | l’écureuil (m) |
| stallion | l’étalon (m) |
| swan | le cygne |
| turkey | la dinde |
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Hi, do you have a list of mechanical tools, i.e. spanner, wrench etc?
Not for the moment but I will consider it.
Comment dit-on “my pet? en francais?
Mon animal de compagnie.
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How to I refer to an animal whose biological sex is male, yet the noun is feminine? For example, a male swallow (la hirondelle)? Assume the biological sex is important, for instance if I am making field notes for a science paper or a birdwatching log.
Bonjour Emilie, we will just add “mâle” in front of the animal. Le mâle hirondelle. Merci