Polyglot Dictionary

piolet

/pjɔlɛ/

le noun B2

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 piolets

Meaning

  1. ice axe

    • L'alpiniste plante son piolet dans la glace.

      The mountaineer plants his ice axe in the ice.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Mass Scope Individual

Similar words

hache

Hache is the general word for an axe; a piolet specifically means an ice axe used for mountaineering.

Practice

1 What does piolet mean?

2 Fill the gap: L'alpiniste plante son ___ dans la glace.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches piolet?

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