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cageot

crate

noun kah-ZHOH Rare
Food & Drink Utensils

Also means

slatted box

Usage Note

Cageot specifically refers to the small slatted wooden or plastic crates used to display and transport fruit and vegetables at markets. Francis Ponge wrote a famous prose poem called 'Le Cageot', making the word unexpectedly literary. The plural is regular: des cageots.

Examples

"Le marchand remplit un cageot de tomates."

Natural Translation

The merchant filled a crate with tomatoes.

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