loir

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Definition of loir - Reverso French Dictionary

Noun, masculine

animalpetit mammifère rongeur qui hiberne et vit dans les arbres

Le loir dort profondément pendant tout l'hiver dans son terrier.
Un loir a grignoté les câbles du grenier cette nuit.
Les loirs sont protégés dans cette réserve naturelle.

dormeur

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petit mammifère rongeur qui hiberne et vit dans les arbres

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dormir comme un loir

dormir très profondément et longtemps sans se réveiller

Après cette longue journée, il a dormi comme un loir jusqu'à midi.

paresseux comme un loir

adj.

extrêmement paresseux, qui évite tout effort ou activité

Mon frère est paresseux comme un loir depuis ses vacances.

loir des greniers

petit rongeur nocturne qui vit souvent dans les greniers

Un loir des greniers a élu domicile dans notre grenier.

loir gris

petit rongeur européen au pelage gris qui dort l'hiver

Le loir gris hiberne dans les arbres creux pendant l'hiver.

Origin of loir

latin, glis (loir)

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montais

adj.

Loir-et-Cher

qui concerne Mont-près-Chambord, commune du Loir-et-Cher

orléanais

langue régionale

langue d'oïl parlée dans le Loir-et-Cher, le Loiret et l'Eure-et-Loir

balnéen

adj.

Baigneaux

relatif à Baigneaux, commune française du Loir-et-Cher

chartrain

habitant

personne qui habite ou vient de Chartres en Eure-et-Loir

chartrain

Sarthe

personne qui habite ou vient de La Chartre-sur-le-Loir

chartrain

adj.

ville cathédrale

qui concerne la ville de Chartres en Eure-et-Loir

chartrain

adj.

commune sarthoise

qui concerne La Chartre-sur-le-Loir dans la Sarthe

dionysien

Eure-et-Loir

habitant de Saint-Denis-d’Authou en Eure-et-Loir

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English:dormouse, ...
German:Siebenschläfer, ...
Italian:ghiro, ...
Spanish:lirón, ...
Portuguese:leirão, ...
Chinese:睡鼠, ...
Japanese:ヤマネ, ...
Arabic:زغبة, ...
Hebrew:לוֹיָר, ...
Russian:соня, ...
Ukrainian:літуча миша, ...
Catalan:liró, ...
Danish:syvsover, ...
Dutch:bosmuis, ...
Greek:σκιουράκι, ...
Hungarian:pele, ...
Khmer:ដូម៉ៅស៍, ...
Korean:야생지, ...
Polish:popielica, ...
Portuguese (BR):leirão, ...
Romanian:pârș, ...
Swedish:hasselmus, ...
Thai:ตัวโลร์, ...
Turkish:yediuyur, ...
Vietnamese:chuột sóc, ...

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Definition of loir - Reverso French Dictionary

Noun, masculine

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