In French, "orangutan" is l'orang-outan. It is a noun.
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Buy on SteamIn French, "orangutan" is l'orang-outan. It is a noun. The word is spelled l'orang-outan and pronounced as written, following French pronunciation rules.
All French nouns have grammatical gender. You learn the gender of l'orang-outan by memorising it with its article. Masculine nouns use le (or un), feminine nouns use la (or une).
Use l'orang-outan as you would use the equivalent noun in English. In French, word order and agreement rules determine how l'orang-outan fits into a sentence.
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