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| canne à sucre |
| 1. n-f. sugar cane (species of grass (Saccharum officinarum) whose sap is a source of sugar) |
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| canne à sucre |
| 1. n-f. Grande plante tropicale, graminée de la famille des Poacées dont le suc sucré issu de la tige, le vesou, donne le sucre de canne. Après extraction, les tiges broyées, nommées bagasse, sont mises en fermentation alcoolique, puis distillées. Le distil |
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| Analysis |
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| canne |
| 1. n-f. cane; stick |
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| 2. n-f. (informal) peg; leg |
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| 3. n-f. rod; fishing rod |
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| canner |
| 1. v. to cane, to furnish a chair with overlapping strips of cane, reed or rattan |
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| 2. v. (Quebec, informal) to can |
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| 3. v. (France, slang) to die |
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| à |
| 1. Notes. In Canada, à and a are not homophones, à a, a ɑː. |
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| 2. prep. to (destination) |
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| aller au bout - go to the end / go all the way |
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| Je vais à Paris. - I am going to Paris. |
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| 3. prep. to (until) |
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| sucre |
| 1. n-m. sugar |
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| sucrer |
| 1. v. to sugar (to add sugar to, to sweeten) |
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| 2. v. to steal, to take away from someone |
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