Similar words
boue
Close — similar earthy materials, mud vs clay.
Similar in other languages
Spanish
arcilla
arcilla is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "clay."
Spanish
greda
greda is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "clay."
Portuguese
argila
argila is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "clay."
Practice
1 What does argile mean?
clay
2 Fill the gap: Elle façonne un vase avec de l'___.
Full sentence: Elle façonne un vase avec de l'argile. (She shapes a vase with clay.)
3 Which fingerprint chart matches argile?
argile: neutral register, core frequency, general domain, neutral connotation.