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feminine

/dɛ̃d/

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Translation

turkey

Word origin

A shortening of poule d'Inde ('hen of the Indies'). The bird came from the New World, which Europeans at first took for the Indies.

Origin: French
Root: poule d'Inde

Grammar

Genderfeminine

Pluraldindes

Examples

au .

The turkey has been in the oven for two hours.

We eat turkey at Christmas.

She bought a six kilo turkey.

courent .

The turkeys are running about the farmyard.

This cold turkey dish is very good.

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This word is part of lesson 59.