Definition: bean, seed, grain, cereal
Je vais acheter des grains de café entiers - I'm going to buy some whole coffee beans.
Il faut manger beaucoup de grains - You should eat a lot of cereals.
Il met des grains de moutarde dans sa vinaigrette - He puts mustard seeds in his vinegar and oil dressing.
Related: grain de raisin - grape; grain de poivre - peppercorn
une graine - seed, bean; une graine de pavot - poppyseed, une graine de soja - soybean
Grain vs graine - un grain is the edible part of a grass or cereal, une graine is the seed or bean of a flowering plant
Expressions: mettre son grain de sel (inf) - to put one's two cents in; Ça a été le grain de sable dans l'engrenage - The straw that broke the camel's back; C'est de la graine de voleur - He has the makings of a thief.
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Je vais acheter des grains de café entiers - I'm going to buy some whole coffee beans.
Il faut manger beaucoup de grains - You should eat a lot of cereals.
Il met des grains de moutarde dans sa vinaigrette - He puts mustard seeds in his vinegar and oil dressing.
Related: grain de raisin - grape; grain de poivre - peppercorn
une graine - seed, bean; une graine de pavot - poppyseed, une graine de soja - soybean
Grain vs graine - un grain is the edible part of a grass or cereal, une graine is the seed or bean of a flowering plant
Expressions: mettre son grain de sel (inf) - to put one's two cents in; Ça a été le grain de sable dans l'engrenage - The straw that broke the camel's back; C'est de la graine de voleur - He has the makings of a thief.
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Pronunciation: [greh(n)]Audio Link
