French word

fraise

Pronunciation

IPA/fʁɛz/

Meaning

  • feminine nounstrawberry

Example

Les fraises sont mûres.

The strawberries are ripe.

Illustration for fraise (strawberry)

More examples

Pour le petit déjeuner, elle met des fraises dans son yaourt.

For breakfast, she puts strawberries into her yogurt.

Core concept

A soft, often red fruit with tiny seeds visible across its outer surface.

Common phrases

  • une barquette de fraises

    one punnet of strawberries

  • tarte aux fraises

    strawberry tart

  • confiture de fraises

    strawberry preserve

Similar words

framboise: A soft, sweet-and-tart fruit made of many small red berries.
mûre: A dark, slightly tart fruit made of many clustered segments.
cerise: A round red fruit with one hard pit inside.

Definition in French

Petit fruit charnu issu des fleurs des fraisiers (genre Fragaria), souvent rouge à maturité et consommé comme fruit; nom féminin.

Word origin

French fraise comes through Old French from Latin fraga, the plural of fragum, and is related to the scientific genus name Fragaria.

Usage tips

  • The French noun fraise is feminine, so the standard article is une, as in une fraise mûre.

Related words

  • fraisierstrawberry plantnoun
  • fraisièrestrawberry fieldnoun

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