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The French word for bull is
taureau





bull

Gender

The gender of taureau is masculine. E.g. le taureau.

Plural

The plural of taureau is taureaux.

French Definition


bull
     1. n. (Zoologie) Taureau.
           A bull is a male cow.
           Le taureau est le mâle de la vache.
     2. n. (Économie) Investisseur qui croit que le marché va hausser.
     3. n. (Péjoratif) (Vieilli) Flic, détective.
           Why is that bull still nosing around here?
           Pourquoi ce flic est-il encore en train de fouiner ici ?
     4. n. (Argot) Bêtises.
           That's a bunch of bull.
           C'est un ramassis de bêtises.
     5. n. (Religion) Bulle.
           A new papal bull was issued.
           Une nouvelle bulle papale est parue.
     6. adj. Adulte mâle, en parlant d'un grand animal.
     7. v. Forcer (quelqu'un).
     8. v. Mentir, dire des mensonges.
     9. v. Cirer les pompes d'un supérieur hiérarchique.



Translations for bull and their definitions

Taureau
     1. Proper noun. Taurus (constellation)
     2. Proper noun. (astrology) Taurus
     3. n-m. bull
     4. n-m. Taurus
Image illustrating the French word Taureau


mâle
     1. adj. male
     2. adj. manly
     3. n-m. male (of a species)


vaches
     1. n. plural of vache


bulle
     1. n-f. bubble
     2. n-f. speech bubble, thought bubble
     3. v. first-person singular present of buller
     4. v. third-person singular present of buller
     5. v. second-person singular imperative of buller


sceau
     1. n-m. seal (pattern; design)


bêtises
     1. n. plural of bêtise


bœufs
     1. n. plural of bœuf


chiens
     1. n. plural of chien


pouletpronunciation
     1. n-m. chicken
     2. n-m. (slang) policeman (especially a plain-clothes police detective)
     3. n-m. (obsolete) love letter


cognes
     1. v. second-person singular present of cogner


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