Polyglot Dictionary

chou

/ʃu/

le noun A2

le (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Core Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
les choux

Meaning

  1. cabbage

    • Elle coupe le chou en fines lamelles.

      She slices the cabbage thinly.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

laitue

Worth distinguishing: laitue (lettuce) and chou (cabbage) are different leafy vegetables often conflated.

Similar in other languages

German

Kohl

Kohl is the German word for the same thing — both mean "cabbage."

Spanish

col

col is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "cabbage."

Spanish

repollo

repollo is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "cabbage."

Practice

1 What does chou mean?

2 Fill the gap: Elle coupe le ___ en fines lamelles.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches chou?

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