le
vɛ̃
Translation
wine
Word origin
From Latin vinum ('wine'). The same root gives English vine, vintage and vinegar, and is the source (through Germanic borrowing of the Latin word) of wine itself.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- vinum
- English cognates
- vine, vintage, vinegar, wine
Grammar
Examples
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I will have a glass of red wine.
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French wine is known the world over.
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This wine pairs well with cheese.
?
Will you have a little wine with the cheese?
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This red wine goes very well with the meat.
Used in
Grammar articles
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French Noun Gender: Why Every Noun Is Le or La, and the Endings That Give It Away
French Partitives and 'de': du, de la, des and the Negation Rule
The French Passive Voice (la voix passive)
French Word Order: SVO, the Object Pronoun Inversion, and Six Rules That Cover 90% of Sentences
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