No. 11,923 in French
sèches
"Dry" or "crams" (context-dependent).
In a sentence
Les serviettes sont sèches après avoir passé au soleil.
The towels are dry after being in the sun.
In this sentence, 'sèches' is used as an adjective to describe the towels, indicating their dryness.
À l'école, nous apprenons à écrire des réponses sèches.
At school, we learn to write dry answers.
Here, 'sèches' is an adjective modifying 'réponses', implying conciseness or lack of elaboration.
Elle préfère les fruits secs plutôt que ceux frais.
She prefers dried fruits over fresh ones.
Although 'secs' means dry and is a plural masculine adjective here, its feminine form 'sèches' would appear in certain contexts for feminine nouns.
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