ersatz

ɛʁzats

Definition

Definition of ersatz - Reverso French Dictionary

Noun, masculine

substitutionproduit qui remplace un autre devenu rare ou trop cher

Pendant la guerre, le café d'orge était un ersatz très répandu.

remplaçant

substitut

imitationmauvaise imitation ou substitut de qualité inférieure

Ce fromage industriel n'est qu'un ersatz du vrai camembert.

faux

imitation

mauvaise copie

Rare

parodie ou caricature de quelque chose

Rare

Cette émission télévisée est un ersatz de vrai débat politique.

caricature

parodie

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Expressions with ersatz

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ersatz alimentaire

produit qui remplace un aliment naturel ou habituel

Pendant la guerre, la chicorée était un ersatz alimentaire du café.

ersatz de café

boisson faite avec des plantes grillées qui remplace le café

Pendant la guerre, ma grand-mère buvait de l'ersatz de café.

Origin of ersatz

allemand, ersatz (substitut)

Examples of ersatz in a sentence

Ils ont utilisé un ersatz de cuir pour les sièges.
Ce café soluble est un ersatz du vrai espresso.
Il a offert un ersatz de montre de luxe à son fils.
Ce film est un ersatz de comédie romantique.
Son imitation était un ersatz de discours officiel.

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English:substitute, ersatz, ...
German:Ersatz, Imitat, ...
Italian:surrogato, sostituto scadente, ...
Spanish:sucedáneo, imitación barata, ...
Portuguese:substituto, substituto de má qualidade, ...
Chinese:代用品, 仿制品, ...
Japanese:代用品, 粗悪な代用品, ...
Arabic:بديل, بديل رديء, ...
Hebrew:תַחְלִיף, תַּחְלִיף נָחוּת, ...
Russian:эрзац, подделка, ...
Ukrainian:замінник, ерзац, ...
Catalan:succedani, imitació barata, ...
Danish:ersatz, karikatur, ...
Dutch:vervanging, ersatz, ...
Greek:υποκατάστατο, αντιγραφή χαμηλής ποιότητας, ...
Hungarian:pótszer, pótlék, ...
Khmer:ផលិតផលជំនួស, របស់ក្លែងក្លាយ, ...
Korean:대용품, 모조품, ...
Polish:substytut, podróbka, ...
Portuguese (BR):substituto, imitação, ...
Romanian:substitut, imitație, ...
Swedish:ersatz, substitut, ...
Thai:ของทดแทน, ของเลียนแบบคุณภาพต่ำ, ...
Turkish:ikame ürün, ersatz, ...
Vietnamese:hàng thay thế, hàng nhái, ...

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