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Vocabulary – daily routine – pets

A large amount of people here in Northern Ireland have a pet or live on a farm - looking after these animals is often an important part of our daily routine.

Below is some vocabulary to help you discuss which animals feature in your daily life - and a few extra that you might see on television!

Les animauxAnimals
l'âne (m)donkey
l'animal de compagnie (m)pet
l'araignée (f)spider
la baleinewhale
le chatcat
le chevalhorse
la chèvregoat
le chiendog
le cochonpig
le cochon d'Indeguinea pig
le dauphindolphin
l’éléphant (m)elephant
le hamsterhamster
l'insecte (m)insect
le lapinrabbit
le lézardlizard
le moutonsheep
l’oiseau (m)bird
l’ours (m)bear
le perroquetparrot
la perruchebudgie
le poissonfish
le poisson rougegoldfish
la poulehen
le renardfox
le serpentsnake
le singemonkey
la sourismouse
le taureaubull
la tortuetortoise
la vachecow
Les animauxl'âne (m)
Animalsdonkey
Les animauxl'animal de compagnie (m)
Animalspet
Les animauxl'araignée (f)
Animalsspider
Les animauxla baleine
Animalswhale
Les animauxle chat
Animalscat
Les animauxle cheval
Animalshorse
Les animauxla chèvre
Animalsgoat
Les animauxle chien
Animalsdog
Les animauxle cochon
Animalspig
Les animauxle cochon d'Inde
Animalsguinea pig
Les animauxle dauphin
Animalsdolphin
Les animauxl’éléphant (m)
Animalselephant
Les animauxle hamster
Animalshamster
Les animauxl'insecte (m)
Animalsinsect
Les animauxle lapin
Animalsrabbit
Les animauxle lézard
Animalslizard
Les animauxle mouton
Animalssheep
Les animauxl’oiseau (m)
Animalsbird
Les animauxl’ours (m)
Animalsbear
Les animauxle perroquet
Animalsparrot
Les animauxla perruche
Animalsbudgie
Les animauxle poisson
Animalsfish
Les animauxle poisson rouge
Animalsgoldfish
Les animauxla poule
Animalshen
Les animauxle renard
Animalsfox
Les animauxle serpent
Animalssnake
Les animauxle singe
Animalsmonkey
Les animauxla souris
Animalsmouse
Les animauxle taureau
Animalsbull
Les animauxla tortue
Animalstortoise
Les animauxla vache
Animalscow
Teenage girl hugs her small mixed-breed dog

There are plenty of words to describe animals, both positive and negative:

actif/activeactive
agréablepleasant
amical/efriendly
content/ehappy
dangereux/eusedangerous
férocefierce
gâté/espoilt
gentil/lenice
joueur/euseplayful
méchant/emischievous
mignon/necute/sweet
paresseux/euselazy
actif/active
active
agréable
pleasant
amical/e
friendly
content/e
happy
dangereux/euse
dangerous
féroce
fierce
gâté/e
spoilt
gentil/le
nice
joueur/euse
playful
méchant/e
mischievous
mignon/ne
cute/sweet
paresseux/euse
lazy