milkshake à la fraise
The English phrase strawberry milkshake is translated into French as milkshake à la fraise.
The term milkshake à la fraise is used to refer to a strawberry milkshake. Although milkshake is a loanword from English, it is the most common way to refer to this specific drink when you are in a cafe or restaurant setting.
How does it change in a sentence?
To make the phrase plural, you add an 's' to the end of milkshake to get milkshakes à la fraise.
Did you know?
- The French word fraise for strawberry is also used to describe a 'double chin' in informal contexts.
- The word fraise is a homonym in French. Besides the fruit, it also refers to the stiff, ruffled collars worn by nobles in the 16th century.
- In French, the word fraise is also used as a technical term for a milling cutter or a drill bit used in machining.
Examples in context
- Je voudrais un milkshake à la fraise, s'il vous plaît.I would like a strawberry milkshake, please.
- Pourrais-je avoir un milkshake à la fraise, s'il vous plaît?Could I have a strawberry milkshake, please?
- Je veux un milkshake à la fraise.I want a strawberry milkshake.
- Je prendrais bien un milkshake à la fraise.I would really like a strawberry milkshake.
- Je voudrais un milkshake à la fraise sans produits laitiers, s'il vous plaît.I would like a strawberry milkshake without dairy, please.
- Je veux un milkshake à la fraise fait avec des fraises fraîches.I want a strawberry milkshake made with fresh strawberries.
- Est-ce qu'il reste un milkshake à la fraise ?Is there a strawberry milkshake left?
- Le milkshake à la fraise est délicieux.The strawberry milkshake is delicious.
Example conversation
At a small café, Emma and Gabriel are ordering drinks.
- GabrielEmma, tu veux boire quoi ?Emma, what do you want to drink?
- EmmaJe vais prendre un milkshake à la fraise.I will have a strawberry milkshake.
- GabrielMoi, je prendrai un café noir.As for me, I will have a black coffee.
- EmmaD'accord, Gabriel.Okay, Gabriel.
