🇫🇷French Source WordCode: FR

tranche

Pronunciation / Transliteration: trɑ̃ʃ

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Schaibe/ˈʃaɪbə/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #1500 frequency
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🇫🇷 Example Sentence in French:

"Il a servi une tranche de pain avec la soupe."

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2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A slice or piece of something, especially food.

    "He served a schaibe of bread with the soup."
  2. 2

    A term used in some dialects to refer to a flat object or surface.

    "The carpenter used a schaibe of wood to cover the hole."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The term 'Schaibe' originates from the German word for 'slice' or 'piece', which can be traced back to Middle High German 'schibe', derived from Old High German 'scība'. The evolution of the word reflects a consistent meaning related to cutting or dividing something into parts.

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