papillon
- Dictionary
le papillon
A masculine noun is used with masculine articles and adjectives (e.g., l’homme, le soleil).
1. (animal)
a. butterfly
J’ai vu de magnifiques papillons dans le jardin ce matin.I saw some gorgeous butterflies in the garden this morning.
a. butterfly stroke
Les jeunes nageurs avaient du mal à apprendre le papillon.The young swimmers were having a hard time learning the butterfly stroke.
b. butterfly
Eugène préfère le dos crawlé au papillon.Eugène prefers the backstroke to the butterfly.
3. (colloquial) (notice of traffic violation)
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
a. ticket
Xavier est sorti du restaurant et a trouvé un papillon sur le pare-brise de sa voiture.Xavier left the restaurant and found a ticket on the windshield of his car.
a. wing nut
Voici les vis et les papillons dont vous aurez besoin pour assembler ce meuble.Here are the screws and wing nuts you'll need to assemble this piece of furniture.
Examples
Machine Translators
Translate papillon using machine translators
Random Word
Roll the dice and learn a new word now!
