Polyglot Dictionary

safran

/sa.fʁɑ̃/

le noun B1

le (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Meaning

  1. saffron

    • Le safran donne une belle couleur au riz.

      Saffron gives the rice a beautiful color.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

Similar in other languages

German

Safran

Safran is the German word for the same thing — both mean "saffron."

Spanish

azafrán

azafrán is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "saffron."

Portuguese

açafrão

açafrão is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "saffron."

Practice

1 What does safran mean?

2 Fill the gap: Le ___ donne une belle couleur au riz.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches safran?

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