marmite
Meanings
Noun
1. pot, cooking pot, marmite
2. meal prepared in a cooking pot (metonymic)
3. (heavy) shell (military, slang)
4. prostitute, especially one past the first youth, the "flesh pot" of the souteneur (dated, slang)
Examples8
La marmite est sur la cuisinière.
The pot is on the stove.
Bob remplit la marmite d'eau.
Bob filled the pot with water.
La vapeur sort de la marmite.
Steam comes out of the pot.
Mets les carottes dans la marmite.
Put the carrots in the pot.
Mettez les carottes dans la marmite.
Put the carrots in the pot.
La soupe bouillonne dans la marmite.
The soup is bubbling in the pot.