Polyglot Dictionary

huître

/ɥitʁ/

la 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 huîtres

Meaning

  1. oyster

    • Ils mangent des huîtres à noël.

      They eat oysters at Christmas.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

Similar in other languages

German

Auster

Auster is the German word for the same thing — both mean "oyster."

Spanish

ostra

ostra is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "oyster."

Portuguese

ostra

ostra is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "oyster."

Practice

1 What does huître mean?

2 Fill the gap: Ils mangent des ___ à noël.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches huître?

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