sapin

I used "sapin" (thanks for the word) speaking about the red flocked trees that are all around the Marais.

de guingois - French Word-A-Day 2008

I used "sapin" thanks for the wordspeaking about the red flocked trees that are all around the Marais.

de guingois - French Word-A-Day 2008

Wednesday we made a fine expedition to the woods -- the whole party, the donkey-cart, and one of the keepers to choose the Tree -- a most important performance, as we wanted the real pyramid "sapin," tapering off to a fine point at the top.

Chateau and Country Life in France Mary Alsop King Waddington

French Vocabulary le sapin (m) = fir (tree); pas vrai = it can't be true!

French Word-A-Day: 2008

French Vocabulary le sapin (m) = fir (tree); pas vrai = it can't be true!

de guingois - French Word-A-Day 2008

Selecting our Christmas trees began as a cooperative venture but after a number of trips involving endless rejections of my suggestions and all too long times for my Cherie to select un sapin that met her criteria, my cooperation was drasticaly reduced to putting up the tree where Nancy wanted it and turned (not once -- more like 5 0r 6 times) to satisfaction.

de guingois - French Word-A-Day 2008

The Sarkozys celebrated an early-Christmas at the Elysee Palace last week with a party full of presents, children, a fully-trimmed sapin de Nöel ... and some PDA! ...

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Avec un morceau de pain, on trouve son paradis sous un sapin.

French Word-A-Day: 2006

When Max walked into the kitchen announcing, "Papa a acheté un sapin," Papa's bought a Christmas tree, I folded the dishtowel, set it down and took a deep breath.

French Word-A-Day: 2006

Avec un morceau de pain, on trouve son paradis sous un sapin.

French Word-A-Day: 2006