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micro-ondes

microwave (oven)

noun mee-kroh-OND Rare

Usage Note

Micro-ondes is the everyday shorthand for a four à micro-ondes (microwave oven), which is masculine — le micro-ondes — and invariable in the plural (des micro-ondes). The identical term also names the electromagnetic waves themselves, in which sense it is feminine plural.

Examples

"Réchauffe ton plat au micro-ondes."

Natural Translation

Reheat your dish in the microwave.

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