jay

geai

Oiseau apparenté aux corbeaux, souvent doté de plumes colorées et d’un cri puissant.

En anglais simple : A bird related to crows, often with bright feathers and a loud call.

• A jay landed on the fence.
• The jay hid an acorn under a leaf.
• We heard several jays calling in the woods.

Expressions courantes : blue jay, jay feathers, jay call

geai

Oiseau d’une autre famille qui ressemble aux geais colorés par son apparence ou son comportement.

En anglais simple : A bird outside the crow family that looks or behaves like one of its brightly colored members.

• This jay belongs to a different bird family.
• The guide identified the colorful bird as a jay.
• These jays resemble their better-known namesakes.

Expressions courantes : tropical jay, jay species

rollier indien

Oiseau indien aux ailes bleues, également appelé rollier indien.

En anglais simple : An Indian bird with blue wings, also called an Indian roller.

• An Indian jay perched above the field.
• The jay spread its bright blue wings.
• We watched two Indian jays catching insects.

Synonymes : Indian roller

Expressions courantes : Indian jay, jay wings

ji

Nom donné à la lettre J quand on la prononce.

En anglais simple : The spoken name of the letter J.

• The name starts with jay.
• Write a capital jay at the beginning.
• Did you say jay or kay?

Expressions courantes : letter jay, capital jay, lowercase jay