How to Say "Drawer" in French

tiroir

/ti.ʁwaʁ/masculine

The English word drawer is tiroir in French.

tiroir refers to an open-topped box in a cabinet used for storing.

Meaning: open-topped box in a cabinet used for storing (noun)

How does it change in a sentence?

To express the plural form, drawers, use tiroirs.

The word has 2 syllables and is pronounced /ti.ʁwaʁ/.

In French slang, if someone is à côté du tiroir, it means they are a bit crazy or eccentric. This describes a person whose 'drawer' is not quite aligned with the cabinet.
The word tiroir shares a root with tire-bouchon, the French word for a corkscrew. Both words rely on the action of pulling something out.
In old French administrative slang, putting a file au tiroir meant to archive it or intentionally ignore it, similar to the English 'shelving' an idea.

J'ai fermé le tiroir.
I shut the drawer.
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J'ai ouvert le tiroir.
I opened the drawer.
This sentence is useful for showing how to say you opened the tiroir.
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Je l'ai mis dans le tiroir.
I put it in the drawer.
This sentence is useful for showing how to say you put something in the tiroir.
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Où est le tiroir?
Where is the drawer?
Veuillez placer le dossier dans le tiroir de rangement
Please put the file in the storage drawer
Je range souvent mes stylos et mes clés dans le tiroir à trucs
I often put my pens and keys in the stuff drawer
Je les ai laissées dans le tiroir de rangement.
I left them in the storage drawer.
Oui, j'ai vraiment besoin de ranger mon tiroir à trucs.
Yes, I really need to organize my stuff drawer.
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