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Butterfly in French
le papillon
The French for butterfly is le papillon, a masculine noun. The plural is les papillons.
le papillon
noun
a butterfly, the insect with large coloured wings
Examples · 2
- Le papillon ouvre ses ailes au soleil.The butterfly opens its wings in the sun.
- Chaque été, des papillons volent autour de notre jardin.Every summer, butterflies fly around our garden.
Singular · plural
| singular | plural |
|---|---|
| le papillon | les papillons |
The forms
- singular
- le papillon
- plural
- les papillons
- gender
- masculine
In real sentences
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a butterfly, the insect with large coloured wings
- Le papillon ouvre ses ailes au soleil.The butterfly opens its wings in the sun.
- Chaque été, des papillons volent autour de notre jardin.Every summer, butterflies fly around our garden.
- Un grand papillon bleu est entré par la fenêtre.A big blue butterfly came in through the window.
Questions people ask
- How do you say butterfly in French?
- Le papillon. It means a butterfly, the insect with large coloured wings.
- Is papillon masculine or feminine?
- Masculine: le papillon.
- What is the plural of papillon?
- Les papillons.
- How do you use papillon in a sentence?
- Le papillon ouvre ses ailes au soleil. (The butterfly opens its wings in the sun.)
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