1 – French Zoo Animals Names
Bonjour! My name is Eliane and I’m a French immersion teacher near Amiens in France.
Here are the French names of the animals you can find at Amiens’ zoo, with English translation.
- an iguana: un iguane
- a chameleon: un caméléon
- a turtle: une tortue
- a lizard: un lézard
- a wild boar: un sanglier
- a camel: un chameau
- a zebra: un zèbre
- an elephant: un éléphant
- a red panda: un panda rouge
- a wallaby: un wallaby
- a monkey: un singe
- a tamarind : un tamarin
- a spider monkey : un atèle
- an ostrich: une autruche
- a peacock: un paon
- a pink flamingo : un flamant rose
- a penguin: un manchot
- a swan: un cygne
- a vulture: un vautour
- an owl: un hibou
- a falcon: un faucon
- a crane: une grue
- a guinea pig: un cochon d’Inde
- a parrot: un perroquet
- a hornbill : un calao
- an ocelot : un ocelot
- a wolf : un loup
- a sea lion : une otarie
- a lemur : un lémurien
- a gibbon : un gibbon
- a marmoset : un ouistiti
- a squirrel monkey : un saïmiri (ou un singe écureuil)
- a gnu : un gnou
- a meerkat : un suricate
2 – Pronunciation of Zoo in French
Watch out! In English, the word ‘zoo’ is pronounced a bit like [zou].
In French, it’s an “o” sound, so we say: [zo] or sometimes we pronounce the two “o” separately [zo-o].
Even though it’s written the same way, the pronunciation is quite different!
I now invite you to read my French story + English translation about the animals of the Amien’s zoo.








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