How do you Say Archaeology in French?
Archaeology in French is βlβachΓ©ologieβ β the study of human activity through the recovery and analysis of material and fossils.
How do you Pronounced Archaeology in French?
Watch out for the French pronunciation: the βchβ part is pronounced like a βkβ and the final βgβ which makes a [dj] sound in English is soft in French, like in βjeβ
LβarchΓ©ologie is pronounced [arkΓ©oloji]

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30 Archaeological French Words
- un/une archΓ©ologue β an archaeologist (m/f) β remember [k] sound in French!
- lβarchΓ©ologie β archaeology
- une espΓ¨ce humaine β a human species
- un sentier β a path
- un sentier dβinterprΓ©tation β an interpretative trails
- un abri sous roche β a shelter in the rock
- une grotte β a cave
- une tombe β tomb
- une allΓ©e couverte β passage grave
- un menhir β menhir, standing stone
- un/une palΓ©ontologue β a paleontologist (m/f)
- la PrΓ©histoire β the Prehistory
- lβΓge de Pierre β the Stone Age
- un vestige du passΓ© β the remains, the remnants vestige of the past
- des silex taillΓ©s β sharpened flints
- des squelettes humains β human skeletons
- des ossements / un ensemble dβos β bones
- les restes fossiles β the fossil remains
- une fouille archΓ©ologique β an archaelogical dig or excavation
- du bois de rennes β reindeer antlers
- tailler, sculpter β to carve
- des animaux disparus β extinct animals
- un grands ours des cavernes β a large cave bear
- un mammouth β a mammoth
- une hyΓ¨ne des cavernes β a cave hyaenas
- un rhinocΓ©ros laineux β a woolly rhinoceros
- un chasseur-cueilleur β a hunter-gatherer
- un nomade (nom), nomade (adj.) β a nomad (noun) , nomadic ( adj.)
- une rΓ©plique, un facsimilΓ© β a replica, a facsimile
- les peintures rupestres β rock paintings
- lβart pariΓ©tal β cave arts, cave paintings
- une paroi de grotte β a cave wall
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