viande/vjɑ̃d/
noun · A2 · Frequency 1627
nounfeminine
Meanings
meat, the edible part of an animal
Refers to the flesh of animals, commonly used in cooking and dietary contexts.
Examples
La viande doit être conservée au réfrigérateur.
Meat must be kept in the refrigerator.
Le boucher a découpé la viande en fines tranches.
The butcher cut the meat into thin slices.
Cette publicité réduit la mannequin à de la viande destinée à attirer les regards.
This advertisement reduces the model to a piece of meat meant to attract attention.
Collocations
- manger de la viandeeat meat
- de la viande fraîchea sexually attractive person or people, literally 'fresh meat'
Common mistakes
Il a acheté trois viandes au marché.
Il a acheté trois morceaux de viande au marché.
'Viande' is uncountable and cannot be directly quantified with numerals; it requires a measure word (e.g., morceau, tranche, kilo) to form a countable unit.
Related words
synonymchairflesh
nounfeminine
Meanings
meat, the edible part of an animal
Refers to the flesh of animals, commonly used in cooking and dietary contexts.
Examples
Le boucher a préparé plusieurs viandes pour le repas de fête.
The butcher prepared several kinds of meat for the festive meal.
Le menu propose des viandes, des légumes et des céréales.
The menu offers meat, vegetables, and grains.
Dans ce milieu machiste, les mannequins sont parfois traitées comme de simples viandes.
In this macho environment, female models are sometimes treated as mere pieces of meat.