Vendredi de Vocabulaire: Les Chevaux
Friday, 6. August 2010 9:00
Most people know that a horse is un cheval in French. But like English, French has some more specific words for types of horses:
- une jument – a mare
- un étalon – a stallion
- un hongre – a gelding
And a few related words that might be of interest:
- un âne/une ânesse – a donkey
- un mulet/une mule – a mule, which is technically the offspring of a male donkey and a female horse
- un bardot/une bardine – the offspring of a male horse and a female donkey, called a hinny in English
I learned about un bardot, un étalon,, and une jument from an episode of a French radio show called Vos Animaux, which I listen to via podcast. It’s one I happen to like a lot.
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