concombre
/kɔ̃.kɔ̃bʁ/masculine
The French word for cucumber, the edible fruit, is concombre.
concombre is the everyday word for cucumber, used in shops, recipes and at the table.
Meaning: edible fruit (noun)
How does it change in a sentence?
concombre is a masculine noun, so it takes le or un. When you talk about eating some cucumber, it takes the partitive du, as in Je mange du concombre.
How do you pronounce it?
concombre is pronounced /kɔ̃.kɔ̃bʁ/, in two syllables, with two nasal vowels.
Did you know?
- In French slang, calling someone un concombre is a way to describe them as clumsy or inept.
- The word concombre shares a common ancestor with the English word 'cucumber', both tracing back to the Latin 'cucumerem'.
Examples in context
- Je mange du concombre.I eat cucumber.du concombre means some cucumber, an amount rather than a whole one.Tatoeba #8678668 by Micsmithel, translation #2863789 by gordafarin
- Le concombre est vert.The cucumber is green.Le concombre est vert uses the masculine article.Tatoeba #11111464 by Rovo, translation #11111394 by shekitten
- Après avoir été innocenté, le concombre tueur prit une retraite bien méritée en Espagne.After being proven innocent, the killer cucumber went into a well deserved retirement in Spain.le concombre tueur is a playful phrase meaning the killer cucumber.Tatoeba #925442 by sacredceltic, translation #931750 by sacredceltic
- T'as acheté un concombre pour la salade?Did you buy a cucumber for the salad?
- Peux-tu me ramener une cagette de concombres du jardin?Can you bring me a crate of cucumbers from the garden?
- 7 more sentences on Tatoeba
Example conversation
Manon and Hugo are preparing a salad in the kitchen.
- ManonEst-ce qu'il reste un concombre ?Is there a cucumber left?
- HugoOui, il y a un concombre dans le frigo.Yes, there is a cucumber in the fridge.
- ManonParfait, je vais le couper pour la salade.Perfect, I am going to cut it for the salad.
- HugoMerci, Manon, tu es très efficace.Thanks, Manon, you are very efficient.
Sources
- Wiktionary, “cucumber” translations and entries concombre, CC BY-SA 4.0, dump of 2026-09-26.
- Word origins: Wiktionary entries concombre, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Example sentences: Tatoeba CC BY 2.0 FR.
