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No. 5,641 in French

caillie

"Caillée" refers to curdled or coagulated, often used to describe milk.

In a sentence

  • Le lait a caillé après qu'il ait été laissé dehors.

    The milk curdled after it was left outside.

    Caillé is used as a verb in past form, indicating the milk becoming curdled/solid.

  • Je mange du fromage frais et du caillé pour le petit-déjeuner.

    I eat fresh cheese and curd for breakfast.

    Caillé refers to the noun form 'curd', a dairy product.

  • L'artiste a caillé son mélange de peintures pour un effet unique.

    The artist curdled their paint mix for a unique effect.

    Caillé is used metaphorically as a verb to describe a deliberate coalescing or congealing of paints.

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