Polyglot Dictionary

cauchemar

/koʃ.maʁ/

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

Forms

plural
les cauchemars

Meaning

  1. nightmare

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

Similar in other languages

German

Albtraum

Albtraum is the German word for the same thing — both mean "nightmare."

German

Alptraum

Alptraum is the German word for the same thing — both mean "nightmare."

Spanish

pesadilla

pesadilla is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "nightmare."

Portuguese

pesadelo

pesadelo is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "nightmare."

Practice

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