French Conversation · Level 101
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French word
coquillage
Pronunciation
IPA/kokijaʒ/
Meaning
- masculine nounseashell
Example
J'ai trouvé un coquillage sur la plage.
I found a seashell on the beach.
More examples
Les enfants ramassent des coquillages sur la plage.
The children pick up shells on the beach.
Core concept
A hard sea shell, whether picked up empty or seen around an edible mollusc.
Common phrases
ramasser des coquillages
pick up shells
trouver un coquillage
find a shell
une collection de coquillages
a collection of shells
Similar words
coquille: The hard outer shell of a mollusk.
Definition in French
Coquillage se réfère à la coquille vide d'un mollusque, et par extension aux mollusques à coquille consommés.
Word origin
Coquillage was built from coquille and the noun suffix -age, and coquille developed in Old French from Latin conchylium.
Usage tips
- In food contexts, plural coquillages often denotes edible shellfish collectively, whereas a beach find is commonly called un coquillage.
Other meanings
- shellnoun
- shellfishnoun