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The French word for butterfly is
papillon





butterfly

Gender

The gender of papillon is masculine. E.g. le papillon.

Plural

The plural of papillon is papillons.

French Definition


butterfly
     1. n. Papillon de jour (insecte).
     2. n. (Natation) Papillon.



Translations for butterfly and their definitions

papillon
     1. n-m. butterfly
           Vif et léger comme un papillon.
     2. n-m. (by extension) someone brilliant, versatile and inconstant
     3. n-m. (fashion) knot
     4. n-m. mechanics ellipsis of écrou papillon; wing nut, butterfly nut
     5. n-m. (swimming) butterfly stroke
           Le record du monde en nage papillon.
           Nager le papillon.
     6. n-m. (colloquial) parking ticket
           Les automobilistes parisiens ont fortement tendance à classer dans un tiroir les papillons qu'ils trouvent sur leur pare-brise.
     7. n-m. (engineering) butterfly valve
           Minute papillon ! - Wait a minute!


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