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bake
A transitive verb is a verb that requires a direct object (e.g., acheter).
1. (culinary)
a. faire cuire au four
Bake the cookies until they’re golden brown.Fais cuire les biscuits au four jusqu’à ce qu’ils soient dorés.
b. faire cuire
Bake the lasagna for about an hour.Faites cuire les lasagnes pendant environ une heure.
a. durcir
After the storm, the sun baked the muddy roads.Après la tempête, le soleil durcit les chemins boueux.
An intransitive verb is one that does not require a direct object (e.g., éternuer.).
a. cuire au four
The cake is baking. It should be ready soon.Le gâteau cuit au four. Il devrait être prêt d'ici peu.
b. cuire
The halibut only needs to bake for 15 to 20 minutes.Le flétan ne doit cuire que pendant 15 à 20 minutes.
a. durcir
Under the relentless sun, the ground began to bake.Sous le soleil implacable, le sol commença à durcir.
6. (colloquial) (figurative) (to be really hot)
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
A phrase used as a figure of speech or a word that is symbolic in meaning (e.g., to pull someone's leg).
a. crever de chaud (colloquial) (figurative)
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
A phrase used as a figure of speech or a word that is symbolic in meaning (e.g., to pull someone's leg).
We're baking without air conditioning in this heat wave!On crève de chaud sans climatisation avec cette canicule !
A noun is a word that refers to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling, or idea (e.g., femme, chat, maison).
7. (culinary)
a. la fournée (F)
(f) means that a noun is feminine. French nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la dame or la lune) or masculine (like l'homme or le soleil).
I’m going to put a second bake in the oven. The other muffins are already cool.Je vais mettre une deuxième fournée au four. Les autres muffins ont déjà refroidis.
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Indicative of "bake"
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