Skip to content

siamois

Siamese cat

noun adjective syah-MWAH Rare

Also means

Siamese twin

Usage Note

Siamois refers both to the elegant, talkative cat breed and, as an adjective, to anything relating to Siam (now Thailand). In the plural, frères siamois describes conjoined twins — a phrase that has passed into everyday French to mean any two inseparable people or things. The feminine form is siamoise.

Examples

"Mon siamois miaule toute la nuit."

Natural Translation

My Siamese cat meows all night.

Free starter pack

Building your French vocabulary?

Get the 100 most common French words as a free PDF — one email, no spam.

Explore French by topic