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puma

French, noun/py.ma/

puma is spelled P-U-M-A (4 letters) and appears 2.2 times per million words in written French, the 19,481st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Puma is a French masculine noun meaning “puma (mammal)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Félin carnassier d’Amérique, de taille moyenne, à pelage fauve à beige et sans crinière”.

What does puma mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinepuma (mammal)

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Félin carnassier d’Amérique, de taille moyenne, à pelage fauve à beige et sans crinière. 2. Emblème de l’équipe nationale de rugby d’Argentine. 3. Membre de cette équipe.

noun: 1. Langue kiranti parlée dans les districts de Khotang et d’Udayapur au Népal.

adjective: 1. Qui recherche et qui séduit des femmes plus jeunes que lui, en parlant d’un homme.

noun: 1. Membre de l’équipe des Pumas, l’équipe nationale de rugby d’Argentine. 2. Tout rugbyman d’origine argentine.

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 puma

  • pumas plural
  • Pumas plural

Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce puma?

  • /py.ma/
  • \py.ma\
  • [ɛ̃ pʰy.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 puma

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is puma in French?

puma appears 2.2 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).

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