pique
/pik/
le
noun
A2
le (masc.) la (fem.)
Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.
Forms
- plural
- les piques
Meaning
Practice
1 What does pique mean?
spades (card suit)
2 Fill the gap: La dame de ___ porte malheur, dit-on.
Full sentence: La dame de pique porte malheur, dit-on. (The queen of spades brings bad luck, they say.)
3 Which fingerprint chart matches pique?
pique: neutral register, core frequency, general domain, neutral connotation.
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