Seafood – le fruit de mer

(Pronounced free-der-mehr)

To remember that Seafood is pronounced free-der-mehr (fruit de mer) in French, use the following mnemonic:

The seafood freed the mayor (fruits de mer) from his cell.

Fruits de mer is masculine, so it's le fruits de mer. So imagine the early learner eating seafood in the sea.

NOTE:

"Fruits" is masculine and "mer" is feminine, but because "fruits" comes first and is the most important part of the phrase, "fruits de mer" is, overall , masculine.

Examples of fruit de mer (seafood) in a sentence

Je commande un plateau de fruits de mer.

(I am ordering a seafood platter.)

Ce vin blanc accompagne très bien les fruits de mer.

(This white wine goes very well with seafood.)

Je suis allergique aux fruits de mer.

(I am allergic to seafood.)