fraise

Everyday

1. (French) «Fraise» is the French word for strawberry; it is said like «frez» to an English ear. tree →
2. (history, rare English) A fraise is a stiff frilled collar like a ruff, or a fence of sharp stakes around a fort. tree →
3. (rare English) A fraise is a tool for widening a hole. tree →

In the lessons

In French lessons, «une fraise» means a strawberry: «la glace à la fraise» is strawberry ice cream. In English, the word is rare and mostly appears in history books about forts and old clothes, or on menus with French names. Common phrases: «une fraise», «fraises des bois» (wild strawberries), «à la fraise».

Examples

• In French, «fraise» means strawberry. tree →
• Je voudrais une glace à la fraise, said Emma in French class. tree →
• The menu offered «tarte aux fraises», a strawberry tart. tree →
• Fraises des bois are tiny wild strawberries. tree →
• The old fort had a fraise of sharp stakes round its wall. tree →
• Our teacher held up a strawberry and said, «une fraise!». tree →

Note

In everyday English this is not a common word; mostly it is French. French: feminine «une fraise», plural «des fraises» (the s is silent). Do not confuse with «phrase» (a group of words), which sounds a little similar.