The French word for to yawn is
bâiller
French Definition
yawn | |
1. v. Bâiller. | |
It was seven o'clock of a very warm evening in the Seeonee hills when Father Wolf woke up from his day's rest, scratched himself, yawned, (The Jungle Book - Rudyard Kipling) | |
Il était sept heures, par un soir très chaud, sur les collines de Seeonee. Père Loup s'éveilla de son somme journalier, se gratta, bailla | |
2. n. Bâillement. | |
3. n. (Figuré) Événement ennuyeux. |
Translations for yawn and their definitions
bâiller | |||
1. v. to yawn |
bâillement | ||
1. n-m. yawn (the action of yawning) | ||
2. n-m. large gap |
béer | ||
1. v. to gape, yawn | ||
2. v. to be wide open |
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