Polyglot Dictionary

foie

/fwa/

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

Forms

plural
les foies

Meaning

  1. liver

    • Le foie filtre les toxines du sang.

      The liver filters toxins from the blood.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

Similar in other languages

German

Leber

Leber is the German word for the same thing — both mean "liver."

Spanish

hígado

hígado is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "liver."

Portuguese

fígado

fígado is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "liver."

Practice

1 What does foie mean?

2 Fill the gap: Le ___ filtre les toxines du sang.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches foie?

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