petit-déjeuner

/pə.ti.de.ʒœ.ne/

le noun A1

le (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Core Domain General Tone Neutral
Word fingerprint: Register: neutral. Era: current. Frequency: core. Domain: general. Connotation: neutral.

Forms

plural
les petits-déjeuners

Meaning

  1. breakfast

    • Elle prend un café et des tartines au petit-déjeuner.

      She has coffee and toast for breakfast.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual
Meaning fingerprint: Category: thing. Concreteness: concrete. Animacy: inanimate. Countability: countable. Scope: individual.

Similar words

Similar in other languages

German

Frühstück

Frühstück is the German word for the same thing — both mean "breakfast."

Spanish

desayuno

desayuno is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "breakfast."

Portuguese

café da manhã

café da manhã is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "breakfast."

Practice

1 What does petit-déjeuner mean?

2 Fill the gap: Elle prend un café et des tartines au petit-___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches petit-déjeuner?

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