The French word for sap is
sève
Gender
The gender of sève is feminine. E.g. la sève.Plural
The plural of sève is sèves.French Definition
| sap | |
| 1. n. (Botanique) Jus, suc, sève. | |
| 2. n. (Ellipse de sap wook) Aubier. | |
| 3. n. Nigaud. | |
| 4. v. Saper, miner. | |
| Nor safe their dwellings were, for sapped by floods | |
| The excessive heat slowly sapped my strength. |
Translations for sap and their definitions
| Sève | ||
| 1. Proper noun. given name, female, from=Breton | ||
| 2. n-f. (botany) sap | ||
| 3. n-f. (figuratively) sap, vital essence, life | ||
| saper | ||
| 1. v. to sap, do sapping work on (to subvert by digging) | ||
| 2. v. to erode, wear down, undermine | ||
| 3. v. (informal, transitive, reflexive, Europe, Africa) to dress | ||
| Ce type-là est toujours bien sapé. - That guy is always well-dressed. | ||
| 4. v. to eat or chew noisily | ||
| 5. v. to slurp | ||
| 6. v. (agriculture) to harvest or reap forage or cereals with a small scythe | ||
| miner | ||
| 1. v. to mine, exploit natural riches | ||
| 2. v. to undermine; to erode | ||
| naïf | ||
| 1. adj. naive, dewy-eyed; gullible | ||
| Il est vraiment naïf, il a gobé tout ce qu'ils lui ont raconté. - He is really naive; he swallowed everything that they told him. | ||
| matraque |  © | ||
| 1. n-f. truncheon (weapon), billy club | |||
| 2. n-f. blackjack, cosh | |||
| 3. v. first-person singular present of matraquer | |||
| 4. v. third-person singular present of matraquer | |||
| 5. v. second-person singular imperative of matraquer | |||
| sape | ||
| 1. n-f. (regional, agriculture) a small scythe | ||
| 2. n-f. (regional, agriculture) hoe, mattock | ||
| 3. n-f. (colloquial) fashion, style | ||
| 4. n-f. (in the plural) outfit | ||
| 5. v. first-person singular present of saper | ||
| 6. v. third-person singular present of saper | ||
| 7. v. second-person singular imperative of saper | ||
| nigaud | ||
| 1. adj. silly, dimwitted | ||
| 2. n-m. nincompoop, goof, nitwit | ||
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