Sound file: cacahouète
Register: normal
Translation: peanut
J’adore les cacahouètes. – I love peanuts.
Alternate spellings: cacahuète, cacahouette
Expressions
le beurre de cacahouètes – peanut butter
être payé des cacahouètes (informal) – to earn / to be paid peanuts
partir en cacahouètes (informal) – to go down the drain
valoir son pesant de cacahouètes (informal)
- to be worth one’s weight in gold
- to be an expert in one’s field (humorous)



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