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# salade

«salade» in Mova's school dictionary: **the French word for salad or for lettuce** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

(French) noun (une salade, des salades)

### meaning for a pupil

(French) «Salade» is the French word for salad or for lettuce. It sounds like «sa-LAD» to an English ear. It is not an English word, though it appears on menus in English-speaking places. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/salade/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

Heard in French lessons and seen on café menus: «salade niçoise» (a salad with tuna, egg, olives and green beans from Nice), «salade verte» (green salad). In French, «quelle salade!» can also mean «what a mess!» (informal). Phrases: «une salade», «salade de fruits» (fruit salad).

### examples

- In French, «une salade» means a salad. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/salade/#x1)
- I ordered a salade niçoise at the café. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/salade/#x2)
- «Salade de fruits» means fruit salad. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/salade/#x3)
- The menu said «salade verte», which is a green salad. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/salade/#x4)
- My French teacher asked, «Tu aimes la salade?» [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/salade/#x5)
- In France, people often eat salade after the main course. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/salade/#x6)

### note

French, feminine: «la salade», «une salade». The final «e» is silent. The English word is «salad» — do not add an «e» in English spelling.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «salade» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/salade/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.