Usage Note
Micro-ondes is the everyday shorthand for a four à micro-ondes (microwave oven), which is masculine — le micro-ondes — and invariable in the plural (des micro-ondes). The identical term also names the electromagnetic waves themselves, in which sense it is feminine plural.
Examples
"Réchauffe ton plat au micro-ondes."
Natural Translation
Reheat your dish in the microwave.
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