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Meaning of chanterelle | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1
ˈtʃæntəɹɛl

Definitions

  1. A widely distributed edible mushroom, Cantharellus cibarius, being yellow and trumpet-shaped; or any similar mushroom of the genera Cantharellus, Polyozellus or Gomphus, not all of which are edible.
  2. The highest string of the violin or similar instrument.

Equivalents

Bosanski lisica liska
Français chanterelle girolle
Gaeilge cantarnaid
Galego cantarelo
Hrvatski lisica liska
日本語 杏茸
한국어 꾀꼬리버섯
Lietuvių voveraitė
Latviešu gailene
Македонски лисичарка
Nederlands cantharel hanenkam
Português cantarela cantarelo
Русский лисичка
Slovenčina kuriatko
Slovenščina lisička
Српски lisica liska
Svenska kantarell
Українська лисичка

Examples

“Even the homely wood blewits, that you cook like tripe, with milk and onions, and the egg-yolk yellow chanterelle with its fan-vaulting and faint smell of apricots, all spring up overnight like bubbles of earth, unsustained by nature, existing in a void.”
“There were hushed moments of complete beauty when the melody moved out and hung above the chanterelle like a hummingbird poised over a flower.”

CEFR level

C1
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This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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