Polyglot Dictionary

tranchée

/tʁɑ̃.ʃe/

la 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

Forms

plural
les tranchées

Meaning

  1. trench

    • Les soldats se battent dans les tranchées.

      The soldiers fight in the trenches.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

Similar in other languages

German

Schützengraben

Schützengraben is the German word for the same thing — both mean "trench."

Spanish

trinchera

trinchera is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "trench."

Portuguese

trincheira

trincheira is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "trench."

Practice

1 What does tranchée mean?

2 Fill the gap: Les soldats se battent dans les ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches tranchée?

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