papou

papu

Definition

Definition of papou - Reverso French Dictionary

Noun, masculine

personne

Rare

membre du peuple autochtone de Papouasie

Rare

Les Papous habitent les hautes terres de Nouvelle-Guinée.

linguistique

TECH.

langue de la famille linguistique océanienne non austronésienne

TECH.

Il étudie le papou parlé dans cette région montagneuse.

oiseau

Rare

espèce de manchot aux plumes orange sur la tête

Rare

Le papou plonge pour attraper des poissons dans les eaux froides.

manchot papou

Adjective

peuple

TECH.

qui concerne les habitants originaux de la Papouasie

TECH.

Les traditions papoues sont très anciennes et riches.

linguistique

TECH.

qui désigne certaines langues d'Océanie non austronésiennes

TECH.

Les linguistes étudient les langues papoues du Pacifique.

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Images of papou

espèce de manchot aux plumes orange sur la tête

Expressions with papou

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manchot papou

espèce de manchot vivant dans les régions subantarctiques

Le manchot papou est reconnaissable à son bec orange et rouge.

Origin of papou

mot d'origine inconnue, utilisé pour désigner un peuple de Papouasie

Examples of papou in a sentence

Les Papous célèbrent une fête ancestrale chaque année.
Le papou est enseigné dans certaines écoles locales.
Des linguistes comparent le papou à d’autres langues régionales.
Un papou se repose sur la banquise.
Les enfants observent un papou au zoo.
La musique papoue utilise des instruments traditionnels uniques.

Un masque papou était exposé au musée d’ethnographie.
Certains peuples parlent des langues papoues méconnues.
Un dialecte papou a été récemment documenté.

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English:Papuan, Papuan language, ...
German:Papua, papuanisch, ...
Italian:papuano, lingua papuana, ...
Spanish:papú, idioma papú, ...
Portuguese:papuásio, papua, ...
Chinese:巴布亚人, 巴布亚的, ...
Japanese:パプア人, パプアの, ...
Arabic:بابوي, الذي ينتمي إلى لغات بابوا غير الأسترونيزية, ...
Hebrew:פַּפּוּאָה, פַּפּוּאָי, ...
Russian:папуас, папуасский, ...
Ukrainian:папуас, папуаський, ...
Catalan:papuà, papú, ...
Danish:papua, papuisk, ...
Dutch:Papoea, Papoeaans, ...
Greek:Παπούας, παπουάς, ...
Hungarian:pápua, pápua nyelv, ...
Khmer:ប៉ាពួ, ដែលទាក់ទងនឹងភាសាខ្លះៗនៅអូសេអានីដែលមិនមែនជាអូស្ត្រូណេស៊ី, ...
Korean:파푸아인, 파푸아족의, ...
Polish:Papuas, papuański, ...
Portuguese (BR):papuásio, língua papu, ...
Romanian:papuaș, papuan, ...
Swedish:papuan, papuansk, ...
Thai:ชาวปาปัว, ของชาวปาปัว, ...
Turkish:Papualı, Papua'ya ait, ...
Vietnamese:người Papou, Papua, ...

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Definition of papou - Reverso French Dictionary

Noun, masculine

Adjective

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