Polyglot Dictionary

petit-pois

/pə.ti.pwa/

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

Forms

plural
les petits-pois

Meaning

  1. pea

    • Les enfants n'aiment pas les petits-pois.

      The children don't like peas.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

Similar in other languages

German

Erbse

Erbse is the German word for the same thing — both mean "pea."

Spanish

guisante

guisante is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "pea."

Portuguese

ervilha

ervilha is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "pea."

Practice

1 What does petit-pois mean?

2 Fill the gap: Les enfants n'aiment pas les ___-pois.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches petit-pois?

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