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pâture

pasture, fodder

noun pah-TOOR Rare

Also means

food (figurative prey)

Usage Note

Pâture refers to grazing land or animal feed, but it also appears in the figurative phrase en pâture meaning 'as fodder' or 'as prey' — for example, livrer quelqu'un en pâture aux médias ('to throw someone to the media'). The related verb pâturer means to graze.

Examples

"Les vaches broutent dans la pâture."

Natural Translation

The cows graze in the pasture.

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