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The French word for skin is
peau





skin

Gender

The gender of peau is feminine. E.g. la peau.

Plural

The plural of peau is peaux.

French Definition


skin
     1. n. (Anatomie) Peau.
     2. v. (Anatomie) Dépouiller.
           To skin a rabbit.



Translations for skin and their definitions

peau
     1. n-f. skin of a person or animal
     2. n-f. hide, fur
     3. n-f. skin (protective outer layer of a plant or fruit)
     4. n-f. pellicule formed on top of certain prepared foods


apparence
     1. n-f. appearance


écorcher
     1. v. to skin (to remove the skin off)
     2. v. to graze (one's body)


dépouiller
     1. v. to skin (an animal)
     2. v. (literary) to rob, despoil
     3. v. to count (votes); to go through (mail); to peruse, examine in detail
     4. v. (literary) to strip, denude (of clothes, possessions etc.)
     5. v. (takes a reflexive pronoun, literary) to divest oneself of
     6. v. (takes a reflexive pronoun) (of an animal) to shed its skin


peler
     1. v. to peel


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