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pot
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le pot
A masculine noun is used with masculine articles and adjectives (e.g., l’homme, le soleil).
1. (container)
a. pot
Votre fils a déjà appris à utiliser le pot ou porte-t-il encore des couches ?Has your son learned to use the pot yet, or does he still wear diapers?
b. potty (colloquial)
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
Maddy a demandé à son papa de l’emmener au pot.Maddy asked her daddy to take her to the potty.
c. chamber pot (old-fashioned)
A word or phrase that is seldom used in contemporary language and is recognized as being from another time (e.g., cat, groovy).
Mon arrière-grand-père utilisait un pot pour éviter de descendre aux toilettes la nuit.My great-grandfather used a chamber pot to avoid going down to the toilet at night.
3. (colloquial) (liquid)
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
a. drink
On va boire un pot pour l'anniversaire de Pierre ce soir. Tu viens ?We're having a drink for Pierre's birthday tonight. Are you coming?
b. jar (colloquial) (United Kingdom)
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
Regionalism used in the United Kingdom.
Mes amis et moi prenons généralement des pots après le travail le vendredi.My friends and I usually have a couple of jars after work on Fridays.
a. get-together
Je fais un pot pour fêter mon changement de service.I'm having a get-together to celebrate my change of department.
5. (colloquial) (good fortune)
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
b. good luck
Quel pot ! T'as réussi du premier coup !What good luck you have! You succeeded on the first try!
c. stroke of luck
J’ai perdu ma bague de fiançailles dans l’océan hier. Par pot, elle s’est échouée sur le rivage.I lost my engagement ring in the ocean yesterday. By a stroke of luck, it washed up ashore.
6. (automobile)
a. pipe
Mon frère doit changer le pot d’échappement de sa voiture, car il y a une fuite.My brother has to change his car's exhaust pipe because there's a leak.
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