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I mean with this Pokémon like Incineroar is typed in French as Félinferno.
And Solgaleo still keeping the same name in French, and English.
I hope that makes sense.

That's all!
SeeYaLater!

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Nope, just curiosity.
My cousin is speaks French (and Albanian of course). So I wanted to make it him a little bit more easy then him knowing all the English Pokémon.
Most Pokemon will have their name "changed" in French because it's being translated to a different language... The only reason I can think of as to why it wouldn't change is if the words within its English name have some sort of application in French -- like how Pikachu is said just like that in Japanese because it contains a Japanese word. In the case of Solgaleo, it's probably because it contains Latin words and possibly "Galileo" , which is a name.
Shouldn't it just be easier to look on Bulbapedia? They have how a Pokemon's name is said in different languages at the bottom of each Pokemon's page.
I'm too lame for that.
Luxray is one that didn't change Flappers. And I don't really think it uses that much French words.
Lux is a Latin word. Most languages are influenced by Latin so that may be why they kept it as is. Can't say for sure, though. It might take people a while to go through every Pokemon to see which ones haven't changed...
:/
Though, the one who does gets BA + upvote from me. And I think other people would too
I think fewer Pokemon had the same names, so maybe we only need to find those.
I guess sumwun is right.
Looks like we're going through each and every Pokémon from Bulbasaur to Zeraora.

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According to the rules page

If the answer calls for a long list or a huge amount of detail, then it is fine to link to another site

So a lot of Pokemon change their name in french, so here is the list.

There are also quite a few that re the same in english in french, but that list should help your cousiin

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