Polyglot Dictionary

cuivre

/kɥivʁ/

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. copper

    • Les tuyaux sont en cuivre.

      The pipes are made of copper.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

Similar in other languages

German

Kupfer

Kupfer is the German word for the same thing — both mean "copper."

Spanish

cobre

cobre is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "copper."

Portuguese

cobre

cobre is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "copper."

Practice

1 What does cuivre mean?

2 Fill the gap: Les tuyaux sont en ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches cuivre?

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