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appât

bait, lure

noun ah-PAH Rare
Animals & Nature Sea Creatures

Usage Note

Appât (note the circumflex on 'â') is used in fishing and hunting, but also figuratively — l'appât du gain ('the lure of profit') is a common idiom describing greed. The verb form is appâter ('to bait, to lure'). The final 't' is silent.

Examples

"Il a utilisé un ver comme appât."

Natural Translation

He used a worm as bait.

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