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The French word for reed is
roseau





reed

Plural

The plural of roseau is roseaux.

French Definition


reed
     1. n. Roseau.
           (UK) Chaume (paille, matériau utilisé pour couvrir les toits).
           (littéraire) Chalumeau (instrument de musique rustique en roseau ou en chaume).
           (littéraire) Flèche.
     2. n. Personne faible ou influençable.
     3. n. (Musique) Anche (pièce vibrante de certains instruments à vent).

Translations for reed and their definitions

roseau ©
     1. n-m. common reed (Phragmites australis)
     2. n-m. (by extension) any reed
     3. n-m. quill, feather pen


peigne
     1. n-m. comb (toothed implement)
     2. v. first-person singular present of peigner
     3. v. third-person singular present of peigner
     4. v. second-person singular imperative of peigner
     5. v. first-person singular present subjunctive of peindre
     6. v. third-person singular present subjunctive of peindre


anche
     1. n-f. (music) reed
     2. n-f. (obsolete) a chute by which flour falls from the mill to the bin
     3. n-f. (Lorraine, dated) faucet



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