French word

farine

Pronunciation

IPA/faʁin/

Meaning

  • feminine nounflour

Example

J'ai acheté de la farine.

I bought some flour.

Illustration for farine (flour)

More examples

Il faut de la farine pour faire du pain.

Flour is needed to make bread.

Core concept

A fine, pale powder made by grinding grain and ready to be mixed into dough or other food.

Common phrases

  • farine de blé

    wheat flour

  • une tasse de farine

    a cup of flour

  • sac de farine

    bag of flour

Similar words

poudre: A substance ground into a fine powder.
semoule: Coarsely ground durum wheat used for couscous and some pasta.
fécule: White starch extracted from potatoes or corn for thickening food.
levure: A microorganism or chemical agent used to make dough rise.

Definition in French

Poudre obtenue en broyant des grains de céréales, surtout du blé, employée en cuisine et en boulangerie.

Word origin

French farine comes from Latin farina, which derives from far, an old Latin word for grain or spelt.

Usage tips

  • Farine is a feminine, usually uncountable noun, so the example uses the partitive phrase de la farine for an unspecified amount.

Related words

  • farinerflourverb
  • farineuxflouryadjective

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