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anchois

anchovy

noun ahn-SHWAH Rare

Usage Note

Anchois is invariable in the plural — des anchois — because it already ends in -s. It appears most famously in pizza aux anchois and the Provençal dish tapenade.

Examples

"La pizza était couverte d'anchois."

Natural Translation

The pizza was covered in anchovies.

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