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figue

fig

noun FEEG Rare
Food & Drink Fruits

Usage Note

Figue is the French word for the fig fruit. The idiom mi-figue, mi-raisin (half-fig, half-grape) describes something mixed or ambiguous — a reaction that is neither truly positive nor negative. The fig tree is figuier. Figs feature prominently in Provençal and Mediterranean French cuisine.

Examples

"Elle a cueilli une figue bien mûre."

Natural Translation

She picked a very ripe fig.

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