Polyglot Dictionary

charnière

/ʃaʁ.njɛʁ/

la noun B2

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 charnières

Meaning

  1. hinge

    • La charnière de la porte grince fort.

      The door hinge squeaks loudly.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

Similar in other languages

German

Scharnier

Scharnier is the German word for the same thing — both mean "hinge."

Spanish

bisagra

bisagra is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "hinge."

Spanish

gozne

gozne is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "hinge."

Portuguese

dobradiça

dobradiça is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "hinge."

Practice

1 What does charnière mean?

2 Fill the gap: La ___ de la porte grince fort.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches charnière?

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