Yammering, gossiping and giggling is exactly what chickens sound like, don’t they? FRENCH BIRD SOUNDS 11) Duck quacking - coin-coin The verb caqueter also means to gossip or to yammer on about nothing while the verb glousser can also means to giggle or chuckle.
La poule caquette and la poule glousse both mean a chicken clucking. 9) Rooster (cock) crowing- cocoricoĪ rooster crowing sounds funny in any language and is even funnier to say in French. The baby chick animal sound in French sounds like lasers shooting - piou piou /pyu-pyu/. In French Le poussin pépie: A baby chick whines. The French animal sound a turkey makes is glou-glou, which also happens to be the same onomatopoeia used to describe the drinking sound in French wick would be glug glug in English. In French le dindon glougloute means the turkey gobbles. In French, the animal sound a sheep makes is bêê, whereas in English, it’s baa. In French it’s onomatopoeia is hiiii and it really does sound like a horse to me. In English a horses animal sound is written as a neigh. If you’ve ever heard a horse’s sound, you know it’s a little hard to describe. Faire l’âne pour avoir du son: French expression meaning «Play the donkey to have sound.».As in English, the bray can also be used to describe someone who speaks too loudly. There’s no denying a donkey’s bray can be quite loud. The French animal sound a donkey makes sounds pretty similar in English and several other languages. Naughty or lewd (in this case racy photos): Des photos cochonnes:.Really bad weather.: Il fait un temps de cochon.Eat like a pig.: Manger comme un cochon.Pigs in French culture often have a negative connotation. GROGNE can also mean to growl, as in growl like a dog or for humans to grumble dissatisfaction at something.
You might be interested in these other fun French idiomatic expressions regarding animals. The closest closes expression in English is it’s raining cats and dogs. Il pleut comme vache qui pisse != means, it’s raining like cows that piss: Idiomatically means it’s raining a lot.Your accent is so bad that you butcher the French language when you talk like a Spanish cow would. Parler français comme une vache Espagnole: = T o speak French like a Spanish cow: Idiomatic expression in French which means, you can’t speak French very well.Vachement bien-really good, vachement stupide-really stupid. Vachement! = Literally means cowly: Vachement is a common word added before an adjective to reinforce its meaning.La vache!= The cow: La vache is an expression used when you’re surprised like Holy cow, OMG, WOW, etc.Here are a few French expressions using the word cow (vache). More proof of the the cows importance is in the multitude of French expressions and proverbs concerning cows. Without cows (and sometimes goats), how else would France be able to produce over 1,000 different types of cheese? This might be the most important French animal sound you need to remember because cows are important in French culture. When you hurt yourself: (English = ouch) ( French = aïe! pronounced “I.”)įRENCH ANIMAL SOUNDS: FARM ANIMALS 1) Cow mooing- meuh.Gun shot: (English = bang bang) (French = pan pan).When something tastes delicious: (English = Yum) (French = Miam).The sound of someone drinking: (English = glug glug) (French = glou glou ).Knocking on a door: (English = knock knock) (French = Toc Toc).Linguists refer to words you use to imitate a sound made by a person, an animal or a natural object as an onomatopoeia which can sound different in other languages.įor example, here are a few English and French onomatopoeia sounds. Kids especially love animal onomatopoeias. They can even help you write more descriptively in French. Whether you’re learning French for fun or you’re merely curious, French onomatopoeias are a fun way to increase your French vocabulary and sound more like a native speaker. Save this for later and share it on Pinterest.18) Dog barking- ouah ouah or ouaf ouaf.10) Chicken or hen clucking- cotcotcodet.25 examples of French animal sounds (onomatopoeias).
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