Polyglot Dictionary

marmite

/maʁ.mit/

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 marmites

Meaning

  1. pot

    • La marmite déborde en bouillant.

      The pot boils over.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

Similar in other languages

Portuguese

panela

panela is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "pot."

Portuguese

pote

pote is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "pot."

Practice

1 What does marmite mean?

2 Fill the gap: La ___ déborde en bouillant.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches marmite?

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