Prawn – la crevette

(Pronounced kre-veht)

To remember that Prawn is pronounced kre-veht (crevette) in French, use the following mnemonic:

The prawn used a credit card when he took himself to the vet (crevette).

Crevette is feminine, so it's la crevette. Imagine a Labrador being taken for a walk by a giant prawn.

Examples of crevette (prawn) in a sentence

J'adore manger des crevettes grillées avec du citron.

(I love eating grilled prawns with lemon.)

Elle préfère ajouter une touche d'ail à sa sauce aux crevettes. 

(She prefers to add a hint of garlic to her prawn sauce.)

Il a commandé un cocktail de crevettes en entrée. 

(He ordered a prawn cocktail as a starter.)