givre

/givʁ/

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

Meaning

  1. frost

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

gel

gel is more general, freezing or frost as a phenomenon, and separately also means "hair gel"; givre is more specifically the visible frost or rime crystals on surfaces — both mean "frost."

Similar in other languages

German

Frost

Frost is the German word for the same thing — both mean "frost."

Spanish

escarcha

escarcha is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "frost."

Spanish

helada

helada is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "frost."

Practice

1 What does givre mean?

2 Fill the gap: Le ___ recouvre les vitres ce matin.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches givre?

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