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calorie in French

calorie in French is calorie — calorie means a unit of food energy (technically a kilocalorie) used on nutrition labels to measure how much energy a food provides.

calorie in French

calorie
noun

What does "calorie" mean?

  1. noun A unit of food energy (technically a kilocalorie) used on nutrition labels to measure how much energy a food provides.
    "The bar has 250 calories per serving."
  2. noun In science, a much smaller unit of heat energy — the amount needed to raise one gram of water by one degree Celsius — mostly replaced by the joule.
    "The old chemistry textbook measured reaction energy in calories rather than joules."
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calorie in a sentence

  • The bar has 250 calories per serving.
  • Cutting a few hundred calories a day can lead to steady weight loss.
  • The old chemistry textbook measured reaction energy in calories rather than joules.

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What is "calorie" in French?

"calorie" in French is calorie. calorie means: A unit of food energy (technically a kilocalorie) used on nutrition labels to measure how much energy a food provides.

How do you use "calorie" in a sentence?

Example: "The bar has 250 calories per serving." In French, "calorie" is calorie.

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