Usage examples of "butterfly" in English with translation to French

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Translations: all17 papillon17
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You are a beautiful butterfly. Tu es un beau papillon.
I caught a beautiful butterfly. J'ai attrapé un beau papillon.
Oh, there's a butterfly! Oh, il y a un papillon !
Butterfly is a very nice word. Papillon est un très joli mot.
A butterfly is a mature caterpillar. Un papillon est une chenille adulte.
He happened to catch sight of a rare butterfly. Il advint qu'il aperçut un papillon rare.
A bat flying in the sky looks like a butterfly. Une chauve-souris qui vole dans le ciel ressemble à un papillon.
He picked up a butterfly between his thumb and forefinger. Il prit le papillon entre le pouce et l'index.
She observed how butterflies fly. Elle observait le vol des papillons.
He caught some twenty butterflies. Il a attrapé vingt papillons.
He knows a lot about butterflies. Il s'y connait beaucoup sur les papillons.
His hobby is collecting strange butterflies. Son passe-temps est de collectionner d'étranges papillons.
I captured butterflies with a net. J'ai attrapé des papillons avec un filet.
I was on the hunt for butterflies. J'ai été à la chasse aux papillons.
Tom has collected a great many butterflies. Tom a amassé une grande collection de papillons.
These butterflies are rare in our country. Ces papillons sont rares dans notre pays.
In my world everyone’s a pony and they all eat rainbows and poop butterflies. Dans mon monde à moi, il y a que des poneys. Ils mangent des arcs-en-ciel et ils chient des papillons.
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