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Detailed Translations for butterfly from English to French

butterfly:

butterfly [the ~] nom

  1. the butterfly
    le papillon

Translation Matrix for butterfly:

NounRelated TranslationsOther Translations
papillon butterfly bow tie; dicky bow; moth
- butterfly stroke
VerbRelated TranslationsOther Translations
- chat up; coquet; coquette; dally; flirt; mash; philander; romance

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Related Definitions for "butterfly":

  1. a swimming stroke in which the arms are thrown forward together out of the water while the feet kick up and down1
  2. diurnal insect typically having a slender body with knobbed antennae and broad colorful wings1
  3. talk or behave amorously, without serious intentions1
  4. cut and spread open, as in preparation for cooking1
  5. flutter like a butterfly1

Wiktionary Translations for butterfly:

butterfly
noun
  1. insect
butterfly
noun
  1. Papillon de jour (rhopalocère)
  2. lépidoptère (papillon) dont les antennes sont terminées en massue, souvent diurne. note Ce taxon ne figure plus en tant que tel dans les classifications modernes des lépidoptères, mais il continue parfois d'être utilisé par commodité pour désigner les papillons dits « de jour ».

Cross Translation:
FromToVia
butterfly papillon FalterBiologie: Vertreter einer artenreichen Ordnung der Insekten; Schmetterling
butterfly papillon Tagfalter — am Tage fliegender Schmetterling mit Knöpfen an den Fühlern (Rhopalocera, echte T. = ÜberFamilie Papilionoídea)

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