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peler

peel, pare

verb puh-LEH Rare

Usage Note

Peler means to remove the skin from fruit or vegetables, and also describes skin peeling off sunburned flesh. It conjugates like acheter, with a grave accent before silent endings: je pèle, tu pèles. The noun un éplucheur is the standard word for a vegetable peeler as a tool.

Examples

"Elle pèle une pomme avec soin."

Natural Translation

She peels an apple carefully.

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