vocab
A noun is a word that refers to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling, or idea (e.g., femme, chat, maison).
noun
1.
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
(colloquial)
(abbreviation of "vocabulary")
a. le vocabulaire
(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).
(M)
Michael says he wants to increase his French vocab, but he doesn't want to learn lists of words.Michael dit qu'il veut enrichir son vocabulaire français, mais il ne veut pas apprendre des listes de mots.
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