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Did you know? This word is a cognate — it looks similar in English and has the same meaning. Cognates are usually easier to remember!
Lama is masculine in French. The article is le, so the full form is le lama ("llama (the animal)").
MASCULINEle lama
llama (the animal)
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lama
/la.ma/
← masculine
feminine →
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How do you say lama in French?
IPA
/la.ma/
How do you pronounce lama in French?
lama is pronounced /la.ma/ in French.
Example sentences
Le lama vit dans les Andes.
The llama lives in the Andes.
Un lama nous a regardés curieusement.
A llama looked at us curiously.
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Why is it masculine?
Lama is masculine in French; most animal names borrowed from indigenous American languages take the default masculine gender.
What is the French word for llama (the animal)?
The French word for llama (the animal) is le lama — masculine.
Gender across languages
| Language | Word | Article | Gender |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🇵🇹 Portuguese | lama | o | masculine |
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