Sentence examples of "papillon" in French

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Tu es un beau papillon. You are a beautiful butterfly.
Papillon est un très joli mot. Butterfly is a very nice word.
Un papillon est une chenille adulte. A butterfly is a mature caterpillar.
J'ai attrapé un beau papillon. I caught a beautiful butterfly.
Oh, il y a un papillon ! Oh, there's a butterfly!
Il advint qu'il aperçut un papillon rare. He happened to catch sight of a rare butterfly.
Il prit le papillon entre le pouce et l'index. He picked up a butterfly between his thumb and forefinger.
Une chauve-souris qui vole dans le ciel ressemble à un papillon. A bat flying in the sky looks like a butterfly.
Il a attrapé vingt papillons. He caught some twenty butterflies.
Les enfants ont attrapé des papillons. The children caught butterflies.
Elle observait le vol des papillons. She observed how butterflies fly.
J'ai capturé des papillons au filet. I captured butterflies with a net.
Ces papillons sont rares dans notre pays. These butterflies are rare in our country.
J'ai été à la chasse aux papillons. I was on the hunt for butterflies.
Tom a amassé une grande collection de papillons. Tom has collected a great many butterflies.
J'ai attrapé des papillons avec un filet. I captured butterflies with a net.
Il s'y connait beaucoup sur les papillons. He knows a lot about butterflies.
Son passe-temps est de collectionner d'étranges papillons. His hobby is collecting strange butterflies.
Dans mon monde à moi, il y a que des poneys. Ils mangent des arcs-en-ciel et ils chient des papillons. In my world everyone’s a pony and they all eat rainbows and poop butterflies.
Cette espèce de papillon de nuit a développé un ingénieux camouflage pour se fondre dans son environnement. This species of moth has evolved an ingenious camouflage for blending into its surroundings.
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