Polyglot Dictionary

houblon

/ublɔ̃/

le noun B2

le (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Meaning

  1. hops

    • Le houblon donne à la bière son amertume caractéristique.

      Hops give beer its characteristic bitterness.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

Similar in other languages

German

Hopfen

Hopfen is the German word for the same thing — both mean "hops."

Portuguese

lúpulo

lúpulo is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "hops."

Practice

1 What does houblon mean?

2 Fill the gap: Le ___ donne à la bière son amertume caractéristique.

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