What does récolte in French mean?

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

The word récolte in French means harvest, crop, gathering, collection, harvest, collect, reap, You reap what you sow, You reap what you sow. To learn more, please see the details below.

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Meaning of the word récolte

harvest

nom féminin (moisson, fait de cueillir)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
La récolte des tomates se fait tout l'été.
The tomato harvest lasts all summer.

crop

nom féminin (produits récoltés)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Cette année notre récolte est excellente.
This year our crop is excellent.

gathering

nom féminin (résultat d'une culture)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
La récolte du sel se fait dans les marais salants.
Salt gathering is done in salt marshes.

collection

nom féminin (figuré (choses recueillies, amassées)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Elle revient de la bibliothèque avec une bonne récolte de documents.
She came back from the library with a good collection of documents.

harvest

verbe transitif (ramasser le produit de la terre)

(transitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat.")
On a récolté le blé en avance cette année.
We harvested the wheat early this year.

collect

verbe transitif (figuré (rassembler)

(transitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat.")
Le chercheur a récolté beaucoup de documentation sur ce sujet. Ce dîner a pour but de récolter de l'argent pour les sans-abri.
The researcher collected a lot of documentation on the subject. The aim of this dinner is to collect money for the homeless.

reap

verbe transitif (figuré (obtenir) (figurative)

(transitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat.")
On récolte ce que l'on sème.
We reap what we sow.

You reap what you sow

(nous récoltons le fruit de nos actions)

(expression: Prepositional phrase, adverbial phrase, or other phrase or expression--for example, "behind the times," "on your own.")

You reap what you sow

(proverbe)

(expression: Prepositional phrase, adverbial phrase, or other phrase or expression--for example, "behind the times," "on your own.")

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