What does oie in French mean?

What is the meaning of the word oie in French? The article explains the full meaning, pronunciation along with bilingual examples and instructions on how to use oie in French.

The word oie in French means goose, goose, silly goose, hear, yucky colour, greeny-yellow colour, greenish-yellow colour, goose confit, goose fat, snakes and ladders, pink-footed goose, white goose, greylag goose, snow goose, white-fronted goose, fork, crow's feet. To learn more, please see the details below.

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Meaning of the word oie

goose

nom féminin (femelle du jars)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Les oies sont de très bonnes gardiennes.
Geese are wonderful guards.

goose, silly goose

nom féminin (familier (personne sotte) (figurative)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Il n'a pas beaucoup de jugeote, c'est une oie.
He doesn't have much common sense; he's a silly goose.

hear

verbe transitif (vieilli (entendre)

(transitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat.")
Nous n'avions jamais ouï de telles histoires.
We had never heard such stories.

yucky colour, greeny-yellow colour, greenish-yellow colour

nom masculin (vert marron) (UK, colloquial)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

goose confit

nom masculin (plat culinaire)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Le confit d'oie est un plat réalisé à base de viande d'oie confite dans sa propre graisse.

goose fat

nom féminin (matière grasse d'oie)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Dans le Périgord, on aime cuisiner ses pommes de terre avec de la graisse d'oie.

snakes and ladders

nom masculin (jeu de société) (game: equivalent)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Je n'ai pas de chance au jeu de l'oie, je retourne souvent au début !

pink-footed goose

nom féminin (sous-espèce de l'oie des moissons) (water bird)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

white goose

nom féminin (figuré (personne naïve)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

greylag goose

nom féminin (oiseau palmipède) (water bird)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

snow goose

nom féminin (oiseau palmipède) (bird)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

white-fronted goose

nom féminin (oiseau palmipède) (water bird)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

fork

nom féminin (carrefour) (road junction)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

crow's feet

nom féminin (rides aux yeux) (eye wrinkles)

(plural noun: Noun always used in plural form--for example, "jeans," "scissors.")

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