English–French

“lobster” in French

French

Pronunciation

IPA/omaʁ/

Example

J'ai mangé un homard au restaurant hier.

I ate a lobster at the restaurant yesterday.

Illustration for homard (lobster)

How to say “lobster” in French

“Lobster” in French is homard.

A large edible sea crustacean with a segmented body, a protective shell, and firm meat in its tail.

Full entry for homard: usage tips, similar words and word origin

Example sentences with homard

Pour mon anniversaire, j'ai mangé du homard.

For my birthday, I ate lobster.

Tips for using homard

  • Homard has an aspirated h, so standard usage is le homard and un homard, never l'homard.

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