What does roseau in French mean?
What is the meaning of the word roseau in French? The article explains the full meaning, pronunciation along with bilingual examples and instructions on how to use roseau in French.
The word roseau in French means reed, grass carp, the branch bends but does not break, common reed, very supple, very flexible, bend like a reed, bend with the wind. To learn more, please see the details below.
Meaning of the word roseau
reednom masculin (plante d'eau) (plant) (noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.) Dans la fable de La Fontaine le roseau plie mais ne rompt pas. In the fable by La Fontaine, the reed bends but does not break. |
grass carpnom féminin (poisson) (noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.) |
the branch bends but does not break(lâcher du lest n'est pas capituler) (expression: Prepositional phrase, adverbial phrase, or other phrase or expression--for example, "behind the times," "on your own.") |
common reednom masculin (sagne, plante vivace) (plant) (noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.) |
very supple, very flexiblelocution adjectivale (très souple) (adjective: Describes a noun or pronoun--for example, "a tall girl," "an interesting book," "a big house.") |
bend like a reed, bend with the windlocution adjectivale (figuré (qui résiste en s'adaptant) (figurative, poetic) (verbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end.") |
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