Polyglot Dictionary

ingrédient

/ɛ̃.gʁe.djɑ̃/

le noun A2

le (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Core Domain Culinary Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
les ingrédients

Meaning

  1. ingredient

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

élément

élément (element) is a general constituent part of anything, abstract or concrete; ingrédient (ingredient) is specifically a component of a recipe or mixture.

Similar in other languages

German

Zutat

Zutat is the German word for the same thing — both mean "ingredient."

Spanish

ingrediente

ingrediente is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "ingredient."

Portuguese

ingrediente

ingrediente is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "ingredient."

Practice

1 What does ingrédient mean?

2 Fill the gap: Il rassemble tous les ___ avant de cuisiner.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches ingrédient?

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