seau

bucket

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le seau

A masculine noun is used with masculine articles and adjectives (e.g., l’homme, le soleil).

masculine noun

1. (container)

a. bucket

Va chercher le seau. Nous devons passer la serpillière sur les planchers.Go get the bucket. We need to mop the floors.

b. pail

L'enfant a apporté un seau à la plage pour faire des châteaux de sable.The child brought a pail to the beach to make sandcastles.

2. (contents of a container)

a. bucket

Ce seau de pierres est très lourd.That bucket of rocks is very heavy.

b. bucketful

Nous avons besoin d’un seau d’eau pour rincer ces pinceaux.We need a bucketful of water to rinse these paint brushes.

c. pail

Trois seaux de terre devraient suffire pour remplir les pots de fleurs.Three pails of soil should be enough to fill the flower pots.

d. pailful

Matthieu a ramené un seau de myrtilles du champ.Matthieu brought back a pailful of blueberries from the field.

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