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masculine

/kɔ̃.sɔ.ma.tœʁ/

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Translation

consumer, customer

Word origin

From consommer ('to use up, to consume'), from Latin consummare ('to complete, to sum up'). The French verb is a false friend of English consume, which comes from the separate Latin verb consumere.

Origin: Latin
Root: consummare

Grammar

Gendermasculine

Pluralconsommateurs

Examples

Consumers have been paying more attention to prices since the crisis.

mensongère.

This law protects the consumer against misleading advertising.

consommatrice, .

As a consumer, she prefers local products.

Careful with the near-miss to English: consommer comes from Latin consummare ('to complete'), not from the same root as English consume (Latin consumere). The feminine, used in the third example, is consommatrice.

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