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roll

roll

noun ROL Rare

Usage Note

Roll is an English loanword used in French mainly in commerce and logistics (un roll is a wheeled roll-container for transporting goods) and in compound food names such as sushi rolls. It stays an informal or technical borrowing rather than an everyday French word; petit pain is the usual term for a bread roll.

Examples

"Le livreur pousse un roll de marchandises."

Natural Translation

The delivery man pushes a roll-container of goods.

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