mammifère
French, noun/ma.mi.fɛʁ/
mammifère is spelled M-A-M-M-I-F-È-R-E (9 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written French, the 34,445th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Mammifère is a French masculine noun meaning “mammal” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Animal qui porte des mamelles pour allaiter ses petits”.
What does mammifère mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinemammal
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Animal qui porte des mamelles pour allaiter ses petits. 2. Classe d’animaux vertébrés amniotes caractérisés par l’allaitement de leurs petits, la présence de poils et d’autres caractéristiques spécifiques. Correspond aux Mammalia.
adjective: 1. Qui est pourvu de mamelles.
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 mammifère
- mammifères plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce mammifère?
- /ma.mi.fɛʁ/
- \ma.mi.fɛʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to mammifère
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is mammifère in French?
mammifère appears about once in every 1 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).