guisante

/ɡiˈsante/ · B2 · noun · m

pea

guisante — pea

🫛 guisante = sounds like 'ghee-SAHN-tay' — 'we sant' → 'we ate peas'

Break it into gui-SAN-te and link the sound to 'geez, a sante' as an exclamation over a small green pea. Repeat it aloud with the stress on SAN: gui-SAN-te means pea.

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