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List of useful French vocabulary related to autumn/fall
List of useful French vocabulary related to autumn/fall
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In the Fall/Automne quiz I put marron for chestnut but was marked wrong. Why?
Hi Maeve,
You might find Aurélie’s answer to a similar question useful.
https://progress.lawlessfrench.com/questions/view/marrons-marrons-d-inde
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Hope this helps !
May be best to submit from the quiz - could it be simply the use of the wrong article (un marron/une châtaigne) ? Both marron and châtaigne can refer to edible (sweet) chestnuts.
Marron can refer also to inedible horse chestnuts.
PS - have just answered under another question on this. It is a misunderstanding (and has come up previously) - marron d'Inde is specifically a horse chestnut, but both 'marron' on its own, and châtaigne can refer to sweet chestnuts according to multiple sources.
https://www.wordreference.com/fren/marron
https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english-french/chestnut
https://www.larousse.fr/dictionnaires/francais-anglais/marron/181367
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In the Fall/Automne quiz I put marron for chestnut but was marked wrong. Why?
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Marrons, marrons d'Inde
Les marrons are sweet chestnuts; horse chestnuts, popularly known as conkers, are marrons d'Inde. They are of a similar appearance but from different trees. Also, I wouldn't recommend eating horse chestnuts.
Bonjour Lucien !
Thank you very much for this clarification :)
After looking it up myself, I have an explanation as to where the confusion occurs: indeed, in French, we tend to use the term marron on its own to refer to both edible sweet chestnuts (also called châtaignes) and non-edible horse chestnuts, the long name of which is indeed marron d'Inde.
Thanks to your feedback, I've now updated our vocabulary list to reflect these nuances :)
Merci beaucoup et bonne journée !
Bonjour Lucien,
Good point! Thank you for pointing this out. I did not know that.
Bonne journée.
Marrons, marrons d'Inde
Les marrons are sweet chestnuts; horse chestnuts, popularly known as conkers, are marrons d'Inde. They are of a similar appearance but from different trees. Also, I wouldn't recommend eating horse chestnuts.
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