la
/ʃɛʁ/
Translation
flesh (of a body or of a fruit); a false friend, it never means an English chair
Word origin
From Latin caro, stem carn-, meaning 'flesh, meat'. The English word chair is unrelated, coming from Latin cathedra ('seat') by way of Old French chaiere, so the resemblance between the two words is pure accident.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- caro
- English cognates
- carnal, carnage, carnivore
Grammar
Examples
' , l'.
The wound reached only the flesh, not the bone.
parfumée.
The flesh of this fruit is very fragrant.
J' ' .
I get goose pimples just thinking about it.
sculpteur marbre.
The sculptor made the flesh look almost alive in the marble.
' .
This compromise is neither one thing nor the other.
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