commère

/kɔmɛʁ/

la noun B2

le (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Colloquial Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral
Word fingerprint: Register: colloquial. Era: current. Frequency: common. Domain: general. Connotation: neutral.

Forms

plural
les commères

Meaning

  1. gossip, busybody (informal)

    • Les commères du village ont vite répandu la nouvelle.

      The village gossips quickly spread the news.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual
Meaning fingerprint: Category: thing. Concreteness: concrete. Animacy: inanimate. Countability: countable. Scope: individual.

Practice

1 What does commère mean?

2 Fill the gap: Les ___ du village ont vite répandu la nouvelle.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches commère?

nouncolloquial

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