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"un cachet"

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Definition: tablet, pill; stamp, seal, postmark; style, character, cachet; fee (acting)

Avez-vous un cachet d'aspirine ? - Do you have a tablet of aspirin?

Cette carte postale porte le cachet de Toulouse - This postcard is postmarked Toulouse

La porte violette donne son cachet à l'immeuble - The purple door give the building character

Related: le cachetage - sealing; cacheter - to seal; blanc comme un cachet d'aspirine - white as a sheet

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Pronunciation: [ka shay]Audio Link

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