🇨🇦 French (Canada) from 🇬🇧 English All Words
pain
A1 noun Nourriture & Boissons
🇬🇧 English: bread
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Définition

🇨🇦 French (Canada)
noun

Pâte cuite au four, à base de farine, d’eau et de levure de boulanger ou de levain.

Definition

🇬🇧 English

A food made from flour, water, and usually yeast, baked in an oven. It is one of the most common foods in the world.

Grammaire

🇨🇦 French (Canada)

Gender: masculin (le/un). Pluriel: pains.

🇬🇧 Uncountable noun. You cannot say 'a bread' or 'breads'. Instead say 'a slice of bread', 'a loaf of bread', or 'some bread'. Common collocations: bread and butter, brown bread, white bread, bread roll.

Cultural Notes

🇬🇧 English

Bread has been a staple food in English-speaking countries for centuries. 'Breaking bread' with someone means sharing a meal as a sign of friendship. 'The best thing since sliced bread' means something very good or useful — an expression that started in the 1920s.

Exemples

Il met du beurre sur le pain.

"Il met du beurre sur le pain."

🇬🇧 "He spreads butter on the bread."

Elle a pris une tranche de pain.

"Elle a pris une tranche de pain."

🇬🇧 "She took a slice of bread."

Texte à trous 🇨🇦 French (Canada)

Il met du beurre sur le ___.

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