cheek
- Dictionary
cheek
A noun is a word that refers to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling, or idea (e.g., femme, chat, maison).
a. la joue (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).
Charlotte's cheeks were bright red from the cold.Les joues de Charlotte étaient d’un rouge vif à cause du froid.
2. (colloquial) (backside)
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
a. la fesse (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).
There's a nail in this bench that is pricking my cheek.Il y a un clou dans ce banc qui me pique la fesse.
3. (colloquial) (insolence) (United Kingdom)
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
Regionalism used in the United Kingdom.
a. le culot (M) (colloquial)
(m) means that a noun is masculine. French nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la dame or la lune) or masculine (like l'homme or le soleil).
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
You have a lot of cheek talking to me like that!Tu as beaucoup de culot de me parler comme ça !
b. le toupet (M) (colloquial) (figurative)
(m) means that a noun is masculine. French nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la dame or la lune) or masculine (like l'homme or le soleil).
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).
The server had the cheek to ask for the tip before we'd finished eating.Le serveur a eu le toupet de demander le pourboire avant qu’on ait fini de manger.
Examples
Machine Translators
Translate cheek using machine translators
Random Word
Roll the dice and learn a new word now!
