le papillon
/pa.pi.jɔ̃/ noun · masculine A2- butterfly · vif et léger comme un papillon lively and light like a butterfly
- someone brilliant, versatile and inconstant
- knot
- butterfly stroke · le record du monde en nage papillon the world record for butterfly stroke· nager le papillon swimming butterfly
- parking ticket · Les automobilistes parisiens ont fortement tendance à classer dans un tiroir les papillons qu'ils trouvent sur leur pare-brise. Parisian motorists have a strong tendency to file the tickets they find on their windshields in a drawer.
- butterfly valve
Plural papillons
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Un académicien dirait que les soirées du monde sont des collections de fleurs qui attirent papillons inconstants, abeilles affamées et frelons bourdonnants.
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