lama
French, noun/la.ma/
lama is spelled L-A-M-A (4 letters) and appears 3.7 times per million words in written French, the 13,759th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Lama is a French masculine noun meaning “llama” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a third-person singular past historic of lamer. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Camélidé domestique d’Amérique du Sud”.
What does lama mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinellama
noun
- 1
masculinelama
verb
- 1
third-person singular past historic of lamer
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Camélidé domestique d’Amérique du Sud. 2. Tissu fabriqué avec la toison laineuse de cet animal.
noun: 1. Prêtre bouddhiste, au Tibet et chez les Mongols.
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 lama
- lamas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce lama?
- /la.ma/
- \la.ma\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to lama
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is lama in French?
lama appears 3.7 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).