Polyglot Dictionary

débris

/de.bʁi/

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. debris

    • Les ouvriers déblaient les débris.

      Workers clear the debris.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

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Portuguese

detrito

detrito is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "debris."

Practice

1 What does débris mean?

2 Fill the gap: Les ouvriers déblaient les ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches débris?

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