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fraise

fraise

8.6
A small red fruit with seeds on the outside
  • noun
  • /frɛz/
translation icon : fresa
  • For breakfast, she added sliced fraises to her yogurt for extra sweetness.
  • fraises du bois

Examples

  • These fraises are perfect for making jam.

  • I bought a fresh fraise from the market.

  • The chef decorated the cake with a single fresh fraise on top.

  • She ordered a tart filled with cream and sliced fraise at the French bakery.

  • At the market, he bought a basket of ripe fraise for dessert.

  • We enjoyed a refreshing dessert topped with fresh fraise and whipped cream.

  • The market was filled with vibrant boxes of fraises, perfect for making jam.

Synonyms

wild strawberry
vsfraise
  • UK
1 1.8

A small sweet red fruit that grows wild on a low plant

is the French name used in English but does not imply cultivation
1.0

A low plant that makes sweet red fruit people eat fresh or in desserts

is the French name used in English for that common edible fruit
Fragaria ananassa
vsfraise
  • Specialized
7.1

A garden strawberry plant grown for its large edible red fruit

is the French name used in English for the same cultivated fruit
wood strawberry
vsfraise
  • UK
5.1

A small wild plant that makes soft sweet red fruit often found in woods

is the French name used in English not a botanical species label
Fragaria vesca
vsfraise
  • Specialized
8.7

A small wild plant that makes sweet red berries

is the French name used in English rather than a Latin botanical name
Virginia strawberry
vsfraise
  • US
5.6

A wild North American plant that makes small sweet red berries used to breed garden varieties

is the French name used in English not indicating geographic origin
Fragaria chiloensis
vsfraise
  • Specialized
9.3

A wild strawberry plant from the Pacific coast used to breed cultivated strawberries

is the French name used in English not a specific species label

Compounds

A sweet strawberry-flavored alcoholic drink used in cocktails and desserts

How Ripe

overripe
7 3.0
fraise
8.6

Surface Forms

fraise singular
fraises plural

Etymology

Fraise is simply the French word fraise meaning 'strawberry', and English borrows it in cooking and fancy names. So when you see fraise on a menu it just means a strawberry.