koala
French, noun/kɔ.a.la/
koala is spelled K-O-A-L-A (5 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written French, the 40,183rd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Koala is a French masculine noun meaning “koala” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Mammifère marsupial arboricole de l’est de l’Australie, de nom scientifique Phascolarctos cinereus”.
What does koala mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinekoala
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Mammifère marsupial arboricole de l’est de l’Australie, de nom scientifique Phascolarctos cinereus.
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 koala
- koalas plural
- koalate
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce koala?
- /kɔ.a.la/
- \ko.a.la\
- [ko.a.la]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to koala
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is koala in French?
koala appears about once in every 2 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).