Skip to content

radis

radish

noun rah-DEE Rare
Food & Drink Vegetables

Usage Note

Radis is always spelled with a final -s whether singular or plural (the -s is silent). The phrase n'avoir pas un radis means 'to be flat broke', making it a useful colloquial expression. The small red variety is le radis rose and the large white one is le radis blanc or radis daikon.

Examples

"Elle croque un radis avec du beurre."

Natural Translation

She crunches a radish with butter.

Free starter pack

Building your French vocabulary?

Get the 100 most common French words as a free PDF — one email, no spam.

Explore French by topic