fourmi-lion
French, noun/fuʁ.mi.ljɔ̃/
fourmi-lion is spelled F-O-U-R-M-I-L-I-O-N (10 letters). Fourmi-lion is a French masculine noun meaning “antlion (any insect of the family Myrmeleontidae)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Insecte névroptère dont l’aspect adulte rappelle les libellules et dont les larves de beaucoup d'espèces…”.
What does fourmi-lion mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineantlion (any insect of the family Myrmeleontidae)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Insecte névroptère dont l’aspect adulte rappelle les libellules et dont les larves de beaucoup d'espèces creusent un trou en forme d’entonnoir pour piéger des insectes (fourmis surtout).
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of fourmi-lion
- fourmis-lions plural
- fourmilion alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce fourmi-lion?
- /fuʁ.mi.ljɔ̃/
- \fuʁ.mi.ljɔ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to fourmi-lion
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.