Polyglot Dictionary

douane

/dwan/

la 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 douanes

Meaning

  1. customs

    • Les voyageurs passent la douane.

      The travelers go through customs.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

Similar in other languages

Portuguese

aduana

aduana is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "customs."

Portuguese

alfândega

alfândega is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "customs."

Practice

1 What does douane mean?

2 Fill the gap: Les voyageurs passent la ___.

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