How the word "l'oeillet" is translated into English
Il portait un oeillet rouge à sa veste.
[il pɔʁtɛ ɛ̃ œjɛ ʁuʒ‿ a sa vɛst.]
He was wearing a red carnation on his jacket.
J'ai acheté un bouquet d'oeillets pour ma mère.
[ʒe aʃte ɛ̃ bukɛ dœjɛ] puʁ ma mɛʁ.]
I bought a bouquet of carnations for my mother.
Les oeillets tiennent longtemps dans un vase ?
[le œjɛ tjɛn lɔ̃tɑ̃ dɑ̃z‿ ɛ̃ vaz ?]
Do carnations last long in a vase?
"l'oeillet" is in the lesson "Plants" (Level 29), along with 11 other useful words. LinDuo has 180 topic lessons like this one, 2,375 words in total. Every word has an illustration, a transcription and pronunciation in a female and a male voice. Just 10–15 minutes a day is enough to learn them all. Free, and works offline.