feuillage

/fœ.jaʒ/

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
Word fingerprint: Register: neutral. Era: current. Frequency: common. Domain: general. Connotation: neutral.

Meaning

  1. foliage

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

Similar words

feuille

Worth distinguishing: feuillage (foliage) is the mass of leaves collectively; feuille (leaf) is a single leaf.

Similar in other languages

German

Laub

Laub is the German word for the same thing — both mean "foliage."

Spanish

follaje

follaje is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "foliage."

Portuguese

folhagem

folhagem is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "foliage."

Practice

1 What does feuillage mean?

2 Fill the gap: Le ___ d'automne devient rouge vif.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches feuillage?

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