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frais

cool, fresh

adjective noun FREH Less Common
Descriptions & Qualities Quality

Also means

expenses, costs (noun plural: les frais)

Usage Note

Frais as an adjective describes cool temperature or freshness (l'air est frais, 'the air is cool'; du pain frais, 'fresh bread'). Its feminine form is fraîche. As a masculine plural noun les frais means costs or expenses — frais de livraison ('delivery charges'). The idiom à la fraîche means 'in the cool of the day'.

Examples

"Il fait frais ce matin."

Natural Translation

It is cool this morning.

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