Polyglot Dictionary

ortie

/ɔʁ.ti/

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 orties

Meaning

  1. nettle

    • Il se pique en touchant une ortie.

      He gets stung touching a nettle.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

Similar in other languages

German

Nessel

Nessel is the German word for the same thing — both mean "nettle."

Spanish

ortiga

ortiga is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "nettle."

Portuguese

urtiga

urtiga is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "nettle."

Practice

1 What does ortie mean?

2 Fill the gap: Il se pique en touchant une ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches ortie?

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