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prawns

/prɔːnz/

/prɔnz/

Translations

prawnsnoun

prawns

/prɔːnz/

/prɔnz/

crevettesTerme courant en cuisine et en zoologie pour désigner de petits crustacés marins comestibles.

The chef prepared a delicious dish of garlic prawns for dinner.

Le chef a préparé un délicieux plat de crevettes à l'ail pour le dîner.

Synonyms

prawnnoun

prawns

/prɔːn/

/prɔn/

crevette

The chef prepared a delicious dish using fresh prawns from the local market.

Le chef a préparé un délicieux plat avec des crevettes fraîches du marché local.

Additional translations

crétinFamilier et péjoratif.

chair de crevetteEn contexte culinaire, pour la chair utilisée comme aliment.

Synonyms

prawnverb

prawns

prawned

Past Simple

prawned

Past Participle

prawning

Gerund

/prɔːn/

/prɔn/

pêcher des crevettes

Every summer, they prawn along the coast to gather fresh seafood.

Chaque été, ils pêchent des crevettes le long de la côte pour rapporter des fruits de mer frais.

Synonyms

fish (for prawns)

catch prawns

catch shrimp

trawl (for prawns)

net (prawns)

seine (for prawns)

shrimp (as a verb)

harvest prawns

Definitions

prawnsnoun

Small marine crustaceans with an elongated body, typically used as food.

The chef prepared a delicious dish of garlic prawns for dinner.

A term used to refer to any of various small, shrimp-like crustaceans, especially those used as food.

Prawns are often served in seafood platters alongside oysters and mussels.

prawnnoun

A small marine crustacean with an elongated body, typically used as food.

The chef prepared a delicious dish using fresh prawns from the local market.

The flesh of a prawn when used as food.

Stir-fry the prawn with garlic and chili for a quick meal.

Informal, derogatory: a foolish, contemptible, or unpleasant person.

He acted like such a prawn during the meeting that no one took him seriously.

prawnverb

To fish for or catch prawns.

Every summer, they prawn along the coast to gather fresh seafood.