le

masculine

/ke/

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Translation

platform; quay, embankment

Word origin

From Gaulish caio ('enclosure'), through Old Northern French cai. English borrowed the word as 'quay' and later respelled it after the French.

Origin: Gaulish
Root: caio
English cognates: quay

Grammar

Gendermasculine

Pluralquais

Examples

The train leaves from platform three.

The platforms are crowded.

She has been waiting on the platform for an hour.

The boat leaves the quay at midday.

They walk along the embankment.

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This word is part of lesson 58.