denrée
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Old French deneree. By surface analysis, denier + -ée.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]denrée f (plural denrées)
- (archaic) merchandise, goods
- commodity
- (in the plural) foodstuff
- 2023 August, Arnaud de Montjoye, “En touriste à Auschwitz”, in Le Monde diplomatique, page 24:
- Pour Jerry, le narrateur, c’est le constat d’une vie, bien proche de celle de Jerry, l’auteur : […] une consommation excessive de denrées et substances à fort potentiel pathogène et les maladies qui vont avec.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Further reading
[edit]- “denrée”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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