Polyglot Dictionary

grille-pain

/ɡʁij.pɛ̃/

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

Meaning

  1. toaster

    • Le grille-pain brûle le pain.

      The toaster burns the bread.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

Similar in other languages

German

Toaster

Toaster is the German word for the same thing — both mean "toaster."

Spanish

tostadora

tostadora is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "toaster."

Portuguese

torradeira

torradeira is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "toaster."

Practice

1 What does grille-pain mean?

2 Fill the gap: Le ___-pain brûle le pain.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches grille-pain?

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