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carotte

carrot

noun kah-ROT Rare
Food & Drink Vegetables

Usage Note

Carotte is feminine, so it is une carotte. The plural carottes is regular. The informal expression les carottes sont cuites ('the carrots are cooked') is a fixed idiom meaning 'it's all over' or 'the game is up'. A carrot-top (redheaded person) is colloquially called a rouquin or poil de carotte.

Examples

"Elle coupe des carottes pour la soupe."

Natural Translation

She is cutting carrots for the soup.

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