French for Kids · Level 12
91 words
French word
radis
Pronunciation
IPA/ʁadi/
Meaning
- masculine nounradish
Example
Maman met des radis dans la salade.
Mom puts radishes in the salad.
More examples
Je croque un radis.
I bite into a radish.
Core concept
A crisp red-and-white root vegetable, shown whole from the soil or cut into a salad.
Common phrases
manger des radis
eat radishes
des radis croquants
crunchy radishes
une botte de radis
a bunch of radishes
Similar words
carotte: A long, orange vegetable that grows underground.
navet: A round vegetable with white or purple skin that grows underground.
Definition in French
Racine comestible d'une petite plante, souvent ronde, rouge et blanche, que l'on mange surtout en salade.
Word origin
French radis comes from Latin radix, 'root', through the Old French form radiz before reaching its modern spelling.
Usage tips
- Radis is masculine, so the usual singular article is un: un radis.