Polyglot Dictionary

Beaujolais nouveau

/boʒɔlɛ nuvo/

le 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

Meaning

  1. Beaujolais nouveau, the French wine tradition of releasing the year's new wine on the third Thursday of November

N Category Idea Concreteness Abstract Animacy Inanimate Countability Mass Scope Individual

Practice

1 What does Beaujolais nouveau mean?

2 Fill the gap: Les cafés fêtent l'arrivée du ___ nouveau en novembre.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Beaujolais nouveau?

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