stringere@lemmy.world to Linguistics Humor@sh.itjust.works · 2 years agoAs a native English speaker with some French, I've always wanted to open a food market and call it Fat Cherries.message-squaremessage-square1linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up11arrow-down1message-squareAs a native English speaker with some French, I've always wanted to open a food market and call it Fat Cherries.stringere@lemmy.world to Linguistics Humor@sh.itjust.works · 2 years agomessage-square1linkfedilinkfile-text
English - Groceries: The commodities sold by a grocer or in a grocery. Plural form of grocery. Multiple retailers of groceries. French - gros ceries: gros = fat (big) cerises = cherries
minus-squarernercle@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 years ago“gros” means more than just “fat” and it’s still the word at the root (or head) of the grosserie . Commerce en gros, wholesale. also, cerise is female. you would need to say grosse + the plural: grosses cerises 🤷
“gros” means more than just “fat” and it’s still the word at the root (or head) of the grosserie . Commerce en gros, wholesale.
also, cerise is female. you would need to say grosse + the plural: grosses cerises 🤷