Polyglot Dictionary

ruban à mesurer

/ʁy.bɑ̃ a mə.zy.ʁe/

le noun A2

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 rubans à mesurer

Meaning

  1. tape measure

    • Il vérifie la largeur avec un ruban à mesurer.

      He checks the width with a tape measure.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

mètre ruban

mètre ruban and ruban à mesurer are close synonyms for "tape measure," largely interchangeable.

Similar in other languages

Portuguese

trena

trena is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "tape measure."

Practice

1 What does ruban à mesurer mean?

2 Fill the gap: Il vérifie la largeur avec un ruban à ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches ruban à mesurer?

noun

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