vivres
French
Noun
vivres m pl (plural only)
- (plural only) food supplies, provisions
- 1873, Jules Verne, Le Pays des fourrures:
- Quant aux provisions, c'était autre chose. Les vivres devaient être abondants et facilement transportables.
- As for provisions, it was a different story. The supplies had to be abundant and easily transportable.
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Further reading
- “vivres” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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