Everyday life
bio
AbbreviationStandardA2Meaning
biologique
Organic, for food grown without pesticides: « des tomates bio », « le rayon bio ». The word is also a noun: « manger bio », « le bio ».
How it is said
bio
Gender and article
no article
Where you meet it
A label, a supermarket aisle, a shop sign.
Example
Pommes bio de Normandie, 3,90 euros le kilo.
Organic (bio) apples from Normandy, 3.90 euros a kilo.
In the DELF
reading A2 · speaking B1
Watch out
Invariable: des produits bio, no s. At university, « la bio » is biology, the subject: another word, same clipping.
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