🇫🇷French Source WordCode: FR

Viande fraîche

Pronunciation / Transliteration: vjɑ̃d fʁɛʃ

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Fresh Meat/frɛʃ miːt/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #1500 frequency
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🇫🇷 Example Sentence in French:

"Le boucher a vendu de la viande fraîche."

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2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    Uncooked animal flesh that has not been preserved or processed.

    "The butcher displayed a variety of fresh meat in the shop."
  2. 2

    A term used metaphorically to refer to new recruits or inexperienced individuals in a particular field.

    "The company is always looking for fresh meat to bring new ideas into the team."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The term 'fresh meat' combines the Old English 'fresca', meaning 'new or recently made', and 'meat', derived from the Proto-Germanic 'maitaz', which originally referred to food in general. Over time, 'fresh meat' evolved to specifically denote uncooked animal flesh that is recently slaughtered.

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