Grammatical class

Adjective

maigre

meagre, skinny

Details

Syllables

mai-gre

Phonetics

mɛgʁ

Grammatical class

Adjective

Freq. (books)

10208

Freq. (movies)

11787

Freq. (news)

9151

Variants

Sentences

Tu es maigre.

You are thin.

A1

Il est maigre.

He's skinny.

A1

Tom est maigre.

Tom is skinny.

A1

J'étais maigre.

I used to be thin.

A1

Elle était atrocement maigre.

She was painfully skinny.

A2

Je dois vivre d'un maigre revenu.

I have to live on my very small income.

A2

Il était atrocement maigre.

He was painfully skinny.

B1

Il était horriblement maigre.

He was awfully skinny.

B1

C'est une maigre consolation.

That is small comfort.

B1

Ils doivent vivre de son maigre revenu.

They have to live on his small income.

B1

Tobias avait l'air anormalement maigre.

Tobias looked abnormally thin.

B2

Elle est maigre comme un clou.

She is as skinny as a toothpick.

C2