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dinosaure

dinosaur

noun dee-noh-ZOR Rare
Animals & Nature Wild Animals

Origin: Greek 'deinos' (terrible) + 'sauros' (lizard)

Also means

outdated or old-fashioned person or thing

Usage Note

Dinosaure is used both in its scientific sense and figuratively for anything hopelessly obsolete — c'est un vrai dinosaure de la politique means 'he's a real political dinosaur'. The word is masculine and has a regular plural dinosaures. It's a common word in children's media as well as popular science.

Examples

"Le musée expose le squelette d'un dinosaure géant."

Natural Translation

The museum displays the skeleton of a giant dinosaur.

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