List of 100+ Animals in French
One of the “most” important topics in French A1 is learning the vocabulary for animals in French. Why? A few examples will cure your doubts as to why you need to understand and learn the names of all animals in French.
- Talking about a pet to someone… Do you like dogs?
- Ordering food… One chicken sandwich please?
- Ordering clothes and accessories… I like leather jackets and leather wallets
- Watching cartoons… literally every cartoon has animals or is completely based on animals!
Let us go through the French vocabulary for 200+ animals in French with loads and loads of example sentences in French and with English translation!!! You will find many of these to be quite easy to memorize and retain as they as super similar to English!
Topics
- Introduction
- Animals related terms in French
- Pet animals in French
- Names of farm animals in French
- Mammals in French
- Marine Animals in French
- Different Fish in French
- Names of Reptiles in French
- All Amphibians in French
How do you say Animals in French?
- The plural for “The Animals” in French is “Les animaux”
Other fun wordlists
Animal related terms in French
You might need to be more generic in some cases when talking about animals. For example “A pet” is not an animal but is related to animals. These are the main words in French which you might use on a day to day basis in one way or another. You can learn the list of animal related terms in French.
| French | English | English Sentence | French Sentence |
| L’animal | The animal | We like animals. | Nous aimons les animaux. |
| L’animal de compagnie | The pet | I have 5 pets | j’ai 5 animaux |
| L’animal sauvage | The wild animal | There are many wild animals in India | Il y a beaucoup d’animaux sauvages en Inde |
| L’animal de la ferme | The farm animal | The cow is a farm animal | La vache est un animal de ferme |
| Le mammifère | The mammal | What is a mammal? | Qu’est-ce qu’un mammifère ? |
| Le mammifère marin | The marine mammal | I love marine mammals. | J’adore les mammifères marins. |
| L’oiseau | The bird | Birds can fly. | Les oiseaux peuvent voler. |
| L’insecte | The insect | I hate insects. | Je déteste les insectes. |
| Le reptile | The reptile | The snake is a reptile. | Le serpent est un reptile. |
| L’amphibien | The amphibian | Is the tortoise an amphibian? | La tortue est-elle un amphibien ? |
| Le poisson | The fish | The cat ate the fish. | Le chat a mangé le poisson. |
| Herbivore | Herbivore | The cow is a herbivore. | La vache est un herbivore. |
| Carnivore | Carnivore | The lion is a carnivore | Le lion est un carnivore |
| Omnivore | Omnivore | The bear is an omnivore | L’ours est un omnivore |
Names of Pet animals in French
How do you say House Pets in French? The correct word for “House Pet” in French is “Animal domestique”. The plural for “House Pets” in French is “Animaux domestiques” The correct word for “Pet Animal” in French is “Animal de compagnie”. The plural for “Pet Animals” in French is “Animaux de compagnie”
France (or most of the developed countries in Europe) is a very pet friendly country. People love their pets and small dogs are very much loved and preferred in Paris while larger dogs are preferred in the countryside.
If you go for a walk, summer or winter, hail or storm, ice or heat, you are pretty much guaranteed to see a dozen people walking their pets.
And of course, many people allow you to play with them which means one thing! It’s very important that you know the list of names of all pet animals in French fluently.
These are the main words in French related to house pets which you might use on semi frequent basis in one way or another. You can learn the list of pet related terms in French.
| French | English | English Sentence | French Sentence |
| Le chien | The dog | My dog eats biscuits. | Mon chien mange des biscuits. |
| Le chat | The cat | I have ten cats. | J’ai dix chats. |
| Le matou | The tomcat | The orange tomcat is very large. | Le matou orange est très grand. |
| Le rat | The rat | There are many rat in China. | Il y a beaucoup de rat en Chine. |
| La vache | The cow | Cows are very large. | Les vaches sont très grandes. |
| Le cheval | The horse | I want to buy a Horse. | Je veux acheter un cheval. |
| Le chaton | The kitten | Kittens are cute. | Les chatons sont mignons. |
| Le chiot | The puppy | I love puppies | J’adore les chiots |
| Le lapin | The rabbit | I have a white rabbit | j’ai un lapin blanc |
| Le poisson | The fish | The cat eats the Fish. | Le chat mange le poisson. |
| Le hamster | The hamster | My son wants a hamster! | Mon fils veut un hamster ! |
| Le cochon d’Inde | The guinea pig | Her son in law has two guinea pigs. | Son gendre a deux cobayes. |
| Le serpent | The snake | Snakes are dangerous. | Les serpents sont dangereux. |
| L’oiseau | The bird | Birds can fly. | Les oiseaux peuvent voler. |
| Le perroquet | The parrot | A parrot is green in color. | Un perroquet est de couleur verte. |
| Le lézard | The lizard | Lizards are not pets! | Les lézards ne sont pas des animaux de compagnie ! |
| La souris | The mouse | Mickey Mouse is very famous. | Mickey Mouse est très célèbre. |
| Le gecko | The gecko | In Australia, geckos are common. | En Australie, les geckos sont communs. |
| La tortue | The turtle | Turtles are slow. | Les tortues sont lentes. |
List of Farm Animals in French
How do you say Farm Animals in French? The correct word for “The Farm Animals” in French is “Les animaux de la ferme”.
France (again most of Europe) is a very diary heavy and meat eating country. Of course you know this as France is most famous for its legendary cheeses and diary products. This of course means that there are a lot of farms in France. And with farms come the farm animals!
The farm animals are something even children read about in poems and rhymes and it’s something that you absolutely need to learn and know!
These are the main list of farm animals which you call upon to use. You can learn the list of farm animal related terms in French.
| French | English | English Sentence | French Sentence |
| La vache | The cow | This is a cow. | C’est une vache. |
| Le taureau | The bull | The bull is a very large animal. | Le taureau est un très gros animal. |
| Le cheval | The horse | A Horse is quite tall. | Un cheval est assez grand. |
| la jument | The mare | Where is the mare? | Où est la jument ? |
| L’âne | The donkey | He works like a donkey. | Il travaille comme un âne. |
| Le cochon | The pig | The pig is very dirty. | Le cochon est très sale. |
| Le mouton | The sheep | The sheep is fluffy. | Le mouton est duveteux. |
| La chèvre | The goat | I have two hundred goats. | J’ai deux cents chèvres. |
| Le coq | The rooster | The rooster has colorful feathers. | Le coq a des plumes colorées. |
| Le canard | The duck | There are ducks and swans in the lake. | Il y a des canards et des cygnes dans le lac. |
| L’oie | The goose | The goose is silly. | L’oie est stupide. |
Names of Mammals in French
How do you say Mammals in French? The correct word for “mammals” in French is “mammifères”.
Who wouldn’t want to start off their French knowledge without the study of all mammals? You can learn the list of all mammals in French with English translation.
| French | English | English Sentence | French Sentence |
| L’oryctérope | The aardvark | Aardvarks eat ants. | Les oryctéropes mangent des fourmis. |
| L’antilope | The antelope | The antelope is very fast. | L’antilope est très rapide. |
| Le babouin | The baboon | The king of the baboons carried the lamp. | Le roi des babouins portait la lampe. |
| La chauve-souris | The bat | The bat caught the butterfly. | La chauve-souris a attrapé le papillon. |
| L’ours | The bear | The grizzly bear is hibernating. | Le grizzli est en hibernation. |
| Le sanglier | The boar | A boar is very strong. | Un sanglier est très fort. |
| Le chameau | The camel | A camel does not drink water. | Un chameau ne boit pas d’eau. |
| le guépard | The cheetah | The cheetah is the fastest animal in the world. | Le guépard est l’animal le plus rapide du monde. |
| le coyote | The coyote | The coyote caught the bird. | Le coyote a attrapé l’oiseau. |
| Le cerf | The deer | My Dogs play with the deer | Mes chiens jouent avec le cerf |
| le cerf | The Stag | The stag has antlers. | Le cerf a des bois. |
| Le loir | The dormouse | The dormouse sleeps a lot. | Le loir dort beaucoup. |
| L’éléphant | The elephant | She went on an elephant ride in Thailand. | Elle a fait une balade à dos d’éléphant en Thaïlande. |
| Le furet | The ferret | Ferrets are not good pets. | Les furets ne sont pas de bons animaux de compagnie. |
| Le renard | The fox | The fox is sly. | Le renard est rusé. |
| La girafe | The giraffe | The giraffe is the tallest animal in the world. | La girafe est l’animal le plus grand du monde. |
| Le gorille | The gorilla | The gorilla is an endangered animal | Le gorille est un animal en voie de disparition |
| Le lièvre | The Hare | Rabbits do not like Hares. | Les lapins n’aiment pas les lièvres. |
| Le hérisson | The hedgehog | I saw a Hedgehog in Germany. | J’ai vu un hérisson en Allemagne. |
| L’hippopotame | The hippopotamus | The hippopotamus is the most dangerous animal in the world. | L’hippopotame est l’animal le plus dangereux au monde. |
| Le léopard | The leopard | I saw the Leopard and ran away. | J’ai vu le Léopard et je me suis enfui. |
| Le lion | The lion | The lion is the king of the jungle. | Le lion est le roi de la jungle. |
| Le lynx | The lynx | Have you seen the lynx? | Avez-vous vu le lynx ? |
| Le suricate | The meerkat | Meerkats are timid. | Les suricates sont timides. |
| la mangouste | The mongoose | The mongoose caught the snake | La mangouste a attrapé le serpent |
| Le singe | The monkey | I like monkeys but I don’t like gorillas. | J’aime les singes mais je n’aime pas les gorilles. |
| L’élan | The moose | I saw a moose in Canada. | J’ai vu un orignal au Canada. |
| La souris | The mouse | The rat is bigger than the mouse | Le rat est plus gros que la souris |
| la loutre | The otter | The zoo does not have otters | Le zoo n’a pas de loutres |
| la panthère | The panther | There is a panther in the zoo. | Il y a une panthère dans le zoo. |
| la panthère | The panther | The panther lives in south America. | La panthère vit en Amérique du Sud. |
| L’ornithorynque | The platypus | The platypus is poisonous. | L’ornithorynque est venimeux. |
| Le lapin | The rabbit | Who ate the rabbit? | Qui a mangé le lapin ? |
| Le raton laveur | The raccoon | We have many raccoons in our garden. | Nous avons beaucoup de ratons laveurs dans notre jardin. |
| Le renne | The reindeer | Santa has many reindeer. | Le Père Noël a beaucoup de rennes. |
| Le rhinocéros | The rhinoceros | The Rhinoceros weighs over two thousand kilograms. | Le rhinocéros pèse plus de deux mille kilogrammes. |
| la musaraigne | The shrew | The shrew is blind. | La musaraigne est aveugle. |
| L’écureuil | The squirrel | I gave a cashew nut to the squirrel. | J’ai donné une noix de cajou à l’écureuil. |
| Le tigre | The Tiger | The Tiger is ferocious. | Le Tigre est féroce. |
| Le phacochère | The warthog | Warthog are quick. | Les phacochères sont rapides. |
| la belette | The weasel | The weasel is faster than the mouse. | La belette est plus rapide que la souris. |
| Le loup | The wolf | Is the wolf larger than a dog? | Le loup est-il plus gros qu’un chien ? |
| Le zèbre | The zebra | A zebra has black stripes. | Un zèbre a des rayures noires. |
Names of Sea creatures or marine animals in French
How do you say Marine Animal or Mammals of the sea in French? The correct word for “Marine Animals” in French or “Sea Animals” in French is “Animaux marins”.
From dolphin to whales, Sharks to stingrays, the animals in the ocean or the marine animals have always held our fascination. You can learn the list of all Sea creatures of marine animals in French with English example sentences.
| French | English | English Sentence | French Sentence |
| Le crabe | The crab | Crabs are tasty. | Les crabes sont savoureux. |
| Le dauphin | The dolphin | The dolphin is friendly. | Le dauphin est sympathique. |
| La tortue verte | The green sea turtle | You can see green sea turtles in Maldives | Vous pouvez voir des tortues de mer vertes aux Maldives |
| L’épaulard | The killer whale | A killer whaleis massive. | Un épaulard est énorme. |
| Le homard | The lobster | The lobster is expensive. | Le homard est cher. |
| La pieuvre | The octopus | An octopus has 8 tentacles. | Une pieuvre a 8 tentacules. |
| L’huître | The oyster | The otter broke the oyster. | La loutre a cassé l’huître. |
| Le lion de mer | The sea lion | The sea lion likes fruits. | Le lion de mer aime les fruits. |
| L’oursin | The sea urchin | Did you see a sea urchin? | Avez-vous vu un oursin? |
| Le phoque | The seal | There are 5 seals in the lake. | Il y a 5 phoques dans le lac. |
| Le coquillage | The seashell | He sells seashells | Il vend des coquillages |
| Le requin | The shark | The shark is deadly. | Le requin est mortel. |
| La crevette | The shrimp | The shrimps are dead. | Les crevettes sont mortes. |
| Le signal | The signal | Did you see the signal? | Avez-vous vu le signal? |
| Le cachalot | The sperm whale | Moby Dick is a Sperm Whale | Moby Dick est un cachalot |
| Le calamar | The squid | Japanese people eat Squids | Les japonais mangent des calmars |
| L’étoile de mer | The starfish | A starfish is colorful. | Une étoile de mer est colorée. |
| La raie | The stingray | The stingray is dangerous. | La raie est dangereuse. |
| le morse | The walrus | The walrus eats fish. | Le morse mange du poisson. |
| La baleine | The whale | The whale is massive. | La baleine est massive. |
| La palourde | The clam | The clam is grey in color. | La palourde est de couleur grise. |
List of all Reptiles in French
How do you say Reptiles in French? The correct word for “The Reptile” in French is “Le Reptile”.
What can be more memorable than the creepy crawly snakes and crocodiles? They are scary and hence always a nice discussion point and hence you might as well do it in French. And once upon a time, France was very famous for crocodile skin bags and snake skin belts and bags.
| French | English |
| le caméléon | the chameleon |
| crocodile | crocodile |
| l’alligator | the alligator |
| le gecko | the gecko |
| l’iguane | the iguana |
| la salamandre | the salamander |
| le varan | the monitor lizard |
| le lézard cornu | the horned lizard |
| le serpent venimeux | the poisonous snake |
| le serpent à sonnette | the rattlesnake |
| le cobra | the cobra |
| la tortue de mer | the sea turtle |
| la couleuvre | the grass snake |
| le lézard | the lizard |
| la tortue | the turtle |
| le serpent | the snake |
List of all Birds in French with English translation and example sentences
How do you say Birds in French? The correct word for “The Bird” in French is “L’oiseau”. The plural for “The Birds” in French is “Les oiseaux”
Now that you’ve learnt the list of animals in French, why not step into birds? Here you will learn about the names used for different birds in French language with English translation and with a large number of example sentences.
| French | English | English Sentence | French Sentence |
| Le merle | The blackbird | The blackbird ate the worm | Le merle a mangé le ver |
| La perruche | The budgie | She has three budgies | Elle a trois perruches |
| La grue | The crane | The crane is tall. | La grue est haute. |
| Le corbeau | The crow | The crow drinks water. | Le corbeau boit de l’eau. |
| La colombe | The dove | The dove flew away. | La colombe s’est envolée. |
| L’aigle | The eagle | The eagle flies above the clouds | L’aigle vole au dessus des nuages |
| Le faucon | The falcon | The falcon has brown feathers. | Le faucon a des plumes brunes. |
| L’oie | The goose | The goose laid a golden egg. | L’oie a pondu un œuf d’or. |
| Le busard | The harrier | The harrier is smaller than the hawk. | Le busard est plus petit que le faucon. |
| Le héron | The heron | The heron has a long neck. | Le héron a un long cou. |
| la pie | The magpie | Where did the magpie go? | Où est passée la pie ? |
| L’autruche | The ostrich | The ostrich is the largest bird. | L’autruche est le plus gros oiseau. |
| Le hibou | The owl | The owl sat on the bull. | La chouette était assise sur le taureau. |
| La perdrix | The partridge | The partridge sat on the pear tree | La perdrix était assise sur le poirier |
| Le paon | The peacock | The peacock has colorful feathers. | Le paon a des plumes colorées. |
| Le pingouin | The penguin | Penguin live in Antarctica. | Le pingouin vit en Antarctique. |
| Le faucon pèlerin | The Peregrine hawk | The peregrine hawk has sharp claws. | Le faucon pèlerin a des griffes acérées. |
| le pigeon | The pigeon | She likes to feed the Pigeon. | Elle aime nourrir le Pigeon. |
| la caille | The quail | Quail soup is very tasty. | La soupe de caille est très savoureuse. |
| La Mouette | The seagull | There are many seagulls near California. | Il y a beaucoup de mouettes près de la Californie. |
| Le moineau | The sparrow | Sparrows are very cute. | Les moineaux sont très mignons. |
| L’hirondelle | The swallow | The swallow attacked the sparrow. | L’hirondelle a attaqué le moineau. |
| Le cygne | The swan | The swan is graceful. | Le cygne est gracieux. |
| La dinde | The turkey | Can you buy a turkey? | Pouvez-vous acheter une dinde? |
| Le vautour | The vulture | Have you seen vultures? | Avez-vous vu des vautours ? |
| Le pic | The woodpecker | There are many woodpeckers in the forest. | Il y a beaucoup de pics dans la forêt. |
Amphibians in French
Done with the list of animals in French and the list of birds in French? Excellent!!! Now let us go for the list of amphibians in French.
| French | English |
| L’anguille | The eel |
| L’anchois | The anchovy |
| Le poisson-chat | The catfish |
| La truite | The trout |
| Le requin | The shark |
| Le mérou | The grouper |
| Le hareng | The herring |
| la morue | The cod |
| Le saumon | The Salmon |
| La brème | The bream |
| le rayon | The ray |
| Le poisson épée | The sword fish |
| Le pêcheur à la ligne | The anglerfish |
| L’esturgeon | The sturgeon |
| Le merlan | The whiting |
| Le poisson-chat | The catfish |
| La basse | The bass |
| Le mérou | The grouper |
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