qui dort dîne

/ki dɔʁ din/

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
Word fingerprint: Register: neutral. Era: current. Frequency: common. Domain: general. Connotation: neutral.

Meaning

  1. sleep is as good as a meal

    • Elle a fait une longue sieste, qui dort dîne.

      She took a long nap, sleep is as good as a meal.

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

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English

nap

Close, figuratively — "sleep is as good as a meal" relates to a nap.

Practice

1 What does qui dort dîne mean?

2 Fill the gap: Elle a fait une longue sieste, qui dort ___.

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