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The French word for to eat is
manger





to eat

French Definition


eat
     1. v. Manger.
     2. v. Ronger.



Translations for eat and their definitions

manger
     1. v. to eat
           J'ai mangé de la viande pour le souper. - I ate some meat for dinner.
     2. v. to eat
           C'est bizarre que je ne mange rien. - It's strange that I don't eat anything.
           Manger au restaurant. - To eat in a restaurant.
     3. n-m. food, foodstuff
           Cette boulangérie a du manger délicat. - This bakery has elegant food


ronger
     1. v. to gnaw
     2. v. to erode, to eat at


bouffer
     1. v. (colloquial transitive intransitive) to eat
           J'ai la dalle, j'ai pas encore bouffé. - I'm famished, I haven't eaten yet.
     2. v. (colloquial transitive figuratively) to eat, to worry
           Tous ces problèmes avec ma femme, ça me bouffe. - All these problems with my wife are eating away at me
     3. v. (colloquial transitive) to consume in excess
           Cette bagnole bouffe quinze litres aux cent facilement. - This car gobbles fifteen liters per hundred (kilometres) easily.
     4. v. (colloquial transitive) to bash (criticise harshly)
           Ce soir, on va bouffer du curé. - Tonight, we will chew up the priest.


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