babouin

babwɛ̃

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Definition of babouin - Reverso French Dictionary

Noun, masculine

animalsinge africain avec un long museau et une queue

Le babouin se nourrit de fruits et de petits animaux.

cynocéphale

comportementenfant turbulent et mal élevé

Ce petit babouin ne tient jamais en place.

garnement

polisson

insultepersonne âgée laide et ridicule

Ce vieux babouin nous fait encore ses grimaces.

médical

Dated

petit bouton sur les lèvres après avoir bu salement

Dated

Il a attrapé un babouin en buvant dans cette bouteille.

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singe africain avec un long museau et une queue

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babouin cynocéphale

singe africain de couleur jaunâtre vivant en groupe dans la savane

Le babouin cynocéphale se nourrit principalement de fruits et d'insectes.

Origin of babouin

peul, babouin (nom d'animal)

Terms with babouin included in their meaning

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hamadryas

babouin

grand singe d'Afrique avec un pelage argenté chez le mâle

tartarin

primate

nom donné au babouin hamadryas dans le langage courant

Examples of babouin in a sentence

Les babouins vivent en groupes dans la savane.
Les babouins de la classe ont encore fait des bêtises.
Arrête de faire le babouin à table, s'il te plaît.
Ce babouin a volé la banane du zoo.
Les enfants ont ri en voyant le vieux babouin danser.
Après le pique-nique, un babouin est apparu sur sa lèvre.

Les enfants se plaignent souvent d’avoir un babouin après la cantine.

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English:baboon, brat, ...
German:Pavian, Lausbub, ...
Italian:babbuino, monello, ...
Spanish:babuino, trasto, ...
Portuguese:babouin, criança travessa, ...
Chinese:狒狒, 小淘气, ...
Japanese:ヒヒ, やんちゃ坊主, ...
Arabic:قرد البابون, شَقِيّ, ...
Hebrew:בַּבּוּן, יֶלֶד פָּרוּעַ, ...
Russian:бабуин, шалун, ...
Ukrainian:бабуїн, шибеник, ...
Catalan:babui, trapella, ...
Danish:bavian, abekat, ...
Dutch:baviaan, boefje, ...
Greek:μπαμπουίνος, ζιζάνιο, ...
Hungarian:pávián, rosszcsont, ...
Khmer:បាបូន, ក្មេងព្រៃ, ...
Korean:개코원숭이, 말썽꾸러기, ...
Polish:pawian, urwis, ...
Portuguese (BR):babuíno, pequeno travesso, ...
Romanian:babuin, băiețel, ...
Swedish:babian, unge, ...
Thai:ลิงบาบูน, เด็กแสบ, ...
Turkish:babun, yaramaz çocuk, ...
Vietnamese:khỉ đầu chó, thằng nhóc nghịch ngợm, ...

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