Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

fraise des bois

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.37 in modern English

Syllables: fraise des bois
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

1

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The wild strawberry, the woodland strawberry (Fragaria vesca).

Example Sentences

"“A lot of fruit, too, has an enormously fugitive flavour — a fraise des bois picked fresh tastes completely different from the ones which have probably come from somewhere like Chile and been chilled.”"
"A delicate porcelain bowl arrived filled with water or so it appeared, a few fraise^([sic]) des bois and blueberries floating on top."
"“It’s November and you are eating fraises des bois . . .”"

Etymology

From French fraise des bois.

Origin

Source language: French

Word Breakdown

Root: fraise des bois

Inflected Forms

fraises des bois (plural) fraise du bois (alternative)

Questions

What does fraise des bois mean?: The wild strawberry, the woodland strawberry (Fragaria vesca).
Where does fraise des bois come from?: It is traced to French.

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