French Dictionary

French-English translation of sel

Did you mean one of the following: zèle, zélé?

(a) (on food) salt; ~ de cuisine/de table cooking/table salt

See also: abattis, abricot, agrume, ail, ailloli, alimentation, amandine, anacarde, anis, apéritif, apéro, appétit, aromates, artichaut, asperge, aspic, assiette, atoca, aubergine, avaler, avoine, baie, banquet, barbe, barquette, béchamel, beurre, blé, blet, bleu, boudin, boudoir, bouillie, bouillon, brie, brochette, cabillaud, carotte, carpe, cuiller, cuisse, curry, édulcorant, langouste, orange, pomme, pomme, poulet, saignant, salami, sauce, sauge, saumon, scampi, sirop, soupe, sucre, tasse

(b) (Chemistry etc) salt; ~s smelling salts;

~s de bain bath salts; ~ gemme rock salt

(c) (fig) wit, spice

Terms from the DGT glossary

French term	English term
Eau et sel	Water and salt
sel de mer non raffiné	unrefined sea salt
sel gemme brut de mine	coarse rock salt
sel non dissous	undissolved salt

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French-English translation of sel

Terms from the DGT glossary