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cueillir

to pick, to gather

verb kuh-YEER Less Common
Animals & Nature Plants

Usage Note

Cueillir is an irregular verb — its present tense follows a pattern closer to ouvrir than a regular -ir verb: je cueille, tu cueilles, il cueille. It typically refers to picking fruit, flowers, or berries directly from a plant. The derived noun la cueillette means 'harvesting' or 'pick-your-own'.

Examples

"Nous cueillons des fraises dans le jardin."

Natural Translation

We are picking strawberries in the garden.

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