année-lumière

/a.ne ly.mjɛʁ/

la noun B1

le (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral
Word fingerprint: Register: neutral. Era: current. Frequency: common. Domain: general. Connotation: neutral.

Forms

plural
les années-lumière

Meaning

  1. light-year

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual
Meaning fingerprint: Category: thing. Concreteness: concrete. Animacy: inanimate. Countability: countable. Scope: individual.

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English

light years ahead

Close, figuratively — a light-year relates to "light years ahead."

Practice

1 What does année-lumière mean?

2 Fill the gap: L'étoile se trouve à de nombreuses années-___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches année-lumière?

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