pacifier

pacifier
A noun is a word that refers to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling, or idea (e.g., femme, chat, maison).
noun
1. (object used to comfort a child)
Regionalism used in the United States.
(United States)
a. la tétine
(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 baby doesn't cry when he has his pacifier.Le bébé ne pleure pas quand il a sa tétine.
b. la sucette
(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)
Todd dropped his pacifier, but he just picked it up and put it back in his mouth.Todd a laissé tomber sa sucette, mais il l'a ramassée et l'a remise dans sa bouche.
c. la suce
(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)
Regionalism used in Québec.
(Québec)
Bradley, can you bring me the pacifier from the stroller?Bradley, tu peux m'apporter la suce qui est dans la poussette ?
d. la lolette
(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)
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
(colloquial)
Regionalism used in Switzerland.
(Switzerland)
I have to bring multiple pacifiers because Megan keeps spitting them out on the ground.Je dois emporter plusieurs lolettes parce que Megan n'arrête pas de les recracher par terre.
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