Polyglot Dictionary

sac à dos

/sak a do/

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 sacs à dos

Meaning

  1. backpack

    Built from sac (bag) + dos (back).

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Made of

  • sac bag
  • dos back

Similar words

Similar in other languages

German

Rucksack

Rucksack is the German word for the same thing — both mean "backpack."

Spanish

mochila

mochila is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "backpack."

Portuguese

mochila

mochila is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "backpack."

Practice

1 What does sac à dos mean?

2 Fill the gap: Elle range ses livres dans son sac à ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches sac à dos?

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