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feminine

/so.sis/

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Translation

sausage

Word origin

From Late Latin salsicia ('salted meat'), from salsus ('salted'), from sal ('salt'). English 'sausage' arrived through the Old Northern French form saussiche.

Origin: Latin
Root: salsicia
English cognates: sausage, salt, sauce

Grammar

Genderfeminine

Pluralsaucisses

Examples

He bought some sausages for lunch.

Cette ' .

This sausage is not hot enough.

The sausages are still hot.

, ' .

A cold sausage is not very nice.

The dog stole the sausage off the table.

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This word is part of lesson 57.