alpaca

alpaka

Definition

Definition of alpaca - Reverso French Dictionary

Noun, masculine

mammifère andin

Rare

animal ruminant de la famille des camélidés vivant en Amérique du Sud

Rare

L'alpaca produit une laine très fine et précieuse.

alpaga

métal

TECH.

alliage de cuivre, zinc et nickel utilisé en orfèvrerie

TECH.

Les couverts en alpaca résistent bien à la corrosion.

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animal ruminant de la famille des camélidés vivant en Amérique du Sud

Origin of alpaca

quechua, allpaqa (animal)

Examples of alpaca in a sentence

Les enfants ont caressé un alpaca au zoo.
L'alpaca est apprécié pour sa brillance en bijouterie.
On utilise l'alpaca pour fabriquer des instruments médicaux.

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English:alpaca, nickel silver, ...
German:Alpaka, Neusilber, ...
Italian:alpaca, alpacca, ...
Spanish:alpaca, plata alemana, ...
Portuguese:lhama, prata alemã, ...
Chinese:羊驼, 白铜, ...
Japanese:アルパカ, 洋白, ...
Arabic:ألباكا, نيكل فضي, ...
Hebrew:אַלְפָּקָה, ...
Russian:альпака, нейзильбер, ...
Ukrainian:альпака, мельхіор, ...
Catalan:alpaca, argentan, ...
Danish:en alpaka, nysølv, ...
Dutch:alpaca, alpaca legering, ...
Greek:άλπακα, αλπακάς, ...
Hungarian:alpaka, újezüst, ...
Khmer:អាល់ប៉ាកា, លោហធាតុនីកែលប្រាក់, ...
Korean:알파카, 백동, ...
Polish:alpaka, nowe srebro, ...
Portuguese (BR):alpaca, prata alemã, ...
Romanian:alpaca, argint german, ...
Swedish:alpacka, nysilver, ...
Thai:อัลปากา, อัลปาก้า, ...
Turkish:alpaka, ...
Vietnamese:alpaca, hợp kim alpaca, ...

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