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milk-shake

milkshake

noun MILK-shayk Rare

Usage Note

Milk-shake is an anglicism used unchanged in French, always masculine. It is written with a hyphen in standard French orthography. Some French menus also use frappé for a similar cold blended drink, but milk-shake is the dominant term in everyday speech and advertising.

Examples

"Elle commande toujours un milk-shake à la fraise."

Natural Translation

She always orders a strawberry milkshake.

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