The French word for duck is
canard
Gender
The gender of canard is masculine. E.g. le canard.Plural
The plural of canard is canards.French Definition
duck | |
1. n. (Oiseaux) Canard (mâle ou femelle). | |
2. n. (Oiseaux) (En particulier) Cane (canard femelle) adulte, par opposition au canard mâle. | |
3. n. Canard (viande). | |
4. n. Action d'esquiver. | |
5. n. (Cricket) Score de zéro. | |
6. v. Esquiver, plonger, (se) baisser vivement, coucher. | |
À terre ! | |
I told him to duck when I saw the incoming missile. | |
He ducked the rock that was thrown at him. | |
7. v. Tremper, immerger, faire boire la tasse | |
8. v. Parer, s'abstenir de, éviter, défiler. |
Translations for duck and their definitions
canard | |||
1. n-m. duck (of either sex) | |||
2. n-m. drake (male duck) | |||
3. n-m. canard, hoax | |||
4. n-m. (slang) newspaper | |||
Le canard enchaîné | |||
5. n-m. (slang) a man who complies with every desire of his partner in order to avoid conflict | |||
6. n-m. (slang) a man who tries to attract women by offering them gifts | |||
7. n-m. lump of sugar dunked in coffee or brandy | |||
8. n-m. (music, colloquial) off-note |
cane | |||
1. n-f. duck (female duck) |
esquiver | ||
1. v. to dodge (a blow), duck | ||
2. v. to evade, elude | ||
3. v. to sidestep, to strafe | ||
4. v. to slip away |
baisser | |||
1. v. to lower | |||
2. v. to turn down (as a volume/setting) | |||
3. v. to go down, fall | |||
4. v. to fail | |||
5. v. to lower oneself; to bend over |
plonger | ||
1. v. to dive | ||
2. v. (figuratively) to plunge | ||
plonger dans ses souvenirs - to take a trip down memory lane | ||
3. v. to immerse oneself (in something) |
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