crevette
French → English
(zoology) Shrimp: a small, edible, ten-legged crustacean with a slender body found in water
Nous avons mangé une salade de crevettes fraîches sur le port de Marseille.
(English) We ate a fresh shrimp salad at the port of Marseille.
Le pêcheur a utilisé un filet spécial pour attraper des crevettes grises à marée basse.
(English) The fisherman used a special net to catch brown shrimp at low tide.
(slang) Scrawny: a familiar term for a person, usually a child, who is very thin or small for their age
Il était une petite crevette à l'école primaire, mais il a grandi brusquement au lycée.
(English) He was a tiny scrawny kid in primary school, but he had a sudden growth spurt in high school.
Sa mère l'appelle affectueusement 'ma petite crevette' car elle est née prématurée.
(English) Her mother affectionately calls her 'my little shrimp' because she was born premature.
Entry ID: fr:en:crevette · Source: refined · Type: vocabulary