French Biology Vocabulary

Lexique de la biologie

On this page you will find an introductory list of French biology (la biologie) vocabulary words. Biology as an area of study is extremely broad and this list touches upon some of its main themes: cells (la cellule), evolution (l’évolution) and genetics (la génétique).

Vocabulary list

la biologie biology
l’espèce species
la biologie moléculaire molecular biology
l’évolution evolution
l’être vivant living being
la théorie de l’évolution theory of evolution
les formes de vie life forms
le carbone carbon
l’anatomie anatomy
le milieu naturel natural environment
la théorie cellulaire cell theory
le chromosome chromosome
la cellule cell
l’organisme organism
la physiologie physiology
la sélection naturelle natural selection
la vie life
L’Origine des espèces Origin of Species
la sélection artificielle artificial selection
l’ADN DNA
les organismes vivants living organisms
les organismes unicellulaires one-celled organism
la génétique genetics
les plantes plants
le gène gene
la biochimie biochemistry
l’écosystème ecosystem
l’hérédité heredity
le biologiste biologist
le génome genome
la biodiversité biodiversity
la reproduction reproduction
la taxinomie taxonomy
l’évolution humaine human evolution
la photosynthèse photosynthesis
le micro-organisme microoganisms

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