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masculine

/vɑ̃tʁ/

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Translation

belly, stomach, tummy

Word origin

From Latin venter ('belly, womb'). The initial v- was kept in French rather than softened, and the same root gives English 'ventral' and 'ventricle'.

Origin: Latin
Root: venter
English cognates: ventral, ventricle

Grammar

Gendermasculine

Pluralventres

Examples

J' au .

I have had a stomach ache since this morning.

The baby is asleep on his mother's tummy.

' l'.

He lay down on his stomach in the grass.

, j' .

After that meal, my stomach is thoroughly full.

gargouiller .

You could hear his stomach rumbling during the meeting.

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This word is part of lesson 32.