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appâter

to bait

verb ah-pah-TEH Rare
Animals & Nature Wild Animals

Also means

to lure

Usage Note

Appâter comes from appât (bait), and means to attract with bait — used both literally for fishing or trapping animals and figuratively for luring people with temptation. Appâter le chaland (to attract customers) is a commercial idiom. The noun appât is common in the phrase l'appât du gain (the lure of profit).

Examples

"Il a utilisé du pain pour appâter les canards."

Natural Translation

He used bread to lure the ducks.

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