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The French word for bark is
écorce





bark

Gender

The gender of écorce is feminine. E.g. une écorce.

Plural

The plural of écorce is écorces.

French Definition


bark
     1. n. (Botanique) Écorce.
           Bark of a tree.
           Écorce d'un arbre.
     2. n. Aboiement, aboi.
           The dog let out a single, loud bark.
           Le chien laissa échapper un seul et lourd aboiement.
           His bark is worse than his bite. (vieil adage)
           Il fait plus de bruit que de mal. (idiomatique)
           Chien qui aboie ne mord pas. (Proverbe)
           (traduction littérale) Son aboi est pire que sa morsure.
     3. n. (Marine) (Plus rare) Barque (petit bateau).
     4. v. Aboyer.



Translations for bark and their definitions

aboyer
     1. v. to bark
     2. v. to scream at or inveigh against somebody
     3. v. to scream or yell in short bouts; to bark
           Il aboie des ordres sans s'arrêter pour respirer (He barks orders without pausing to breathe.)


aboiement
     1. n-m. bark (sound made by a dog)


écorce
     1. n-f. bark (of a tree)
     2. n-f. peel (of certain fruits)
     3. n-f. crust (of the Earth)
     4. v. first-person singular present of écorcer
     5. v. third-person singular present of écorcer
     6. v. second-person singular imperative of écorcer


japper
     1. v. to yap, yelp
     2. v. (Canada) to bark


écorcer
     1. v. to debark, to strip the bark from a tree


barque
     1. n-f. small boat


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