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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