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No. 8,848 in French

brochettes

Skewers or food items threaded onto skewers.

In a sentence

  • J'ai préparé des brochettes de poulet pour le dîner.

    I prepared chicken skewers for dinner.

    In this sentence, 'brochettes' refers to a dish made of small pieces of food cooked on a stick, specifically chicken in this example.

  • Nous avons acheté des brochettes au marché local.

    We bought skewers at the local market.

    Here, 'brochettes' indicates prepared skewered foods available for purchase, likely as a cooking ingredient or ready-to-eat meal.

  • Elle préfère les brochettes végétariennes aux brochettes de viande.

    She prefers vegetarian skewers to meat skewers.

    Here, 'brochettes' is used to contrast types of skewered dishes, emphasizing preference over ingredients.

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