background music

background music
A noun is a word that refers to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling, or idea (e.g., femme, chat, maison).
noun
a. la musique de fond
(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).
(F)
The restaurant played soft background music during dinner.Le restaurant diffusait une douce musique de fond pendant le dîner.
b. la musique d'ambiance
(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).
(F)
I hate the background music in elevators.Je déteste la musique d'ambiance dans les ascenseurs.
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