les serres

greenhouses, tighten, squeeze

s ɛ ʁ → serre
serre greenhouse + s plural or tu present-subjunctive ending
noun · feminine plural Rare #30,938
greenhouses
FR: Les tomates poussent dans les serres.
EN: Tomatoes grow in the greenhouses.
Declension of serre
serresserre

Maintenant je vais devoir garder un œil sur les serres.

Now I'll have to keep an eye on the greenhouses.

— Burning (2018)

J'ai vérifié une à une toutes les serres près de chez moi.

I checked every greenhouse near my home, one by one.

— Burning (2018)

Moi, parfois, je brûle des serres en plastique.

Sometimes I burn plastic greenhouses.

— Burning (2018)

Il y a plein de serres ici.

There are lots of greenhouses here.

— Burning (2018)

La police coréenne ne se préoccupe pas des serres.

The Korean police are not concerned about greenhouses.

— Burning (2018)

Des serres inutiles et sales qui polluent le paysage.

Useless and dirty greenhouses that pollute the landscape.

— Burning (2018)

Brûler des serres, c'est mon passe-temps.

Burning greenhouses is my hobby.

— Burning (2018)

Toutes les serres?

All the greenhouses?

— Burning (2018)

Tu brûles des serres qui appartiennent à d'autres?

Are you burning greenhouses that belong to other people?

— Burning (2018)

Il m'arrive d'incendier des serres en plastique.

Sometimes I set fire to plastic greenhouses.

— Burning (2018)

verb · second singular · present indicative Rare #39,279
tighten, squeeze Commonly means “you tighten/you squeeze” (with tu), and it can also appear after que in the subjunctive (e.g., « que tu serres… »).
FR: Tu serres la main de ton ami.
EN: You squeeze your friend's hand.
Conjugation of serrer
Indicative present
SingularPlural
First serre serrons
Second serres serrez
Third serre serrent
Subjunctive present
SingularPlural
First serre
Second serres
Third serre serrent

Quand tu serres la main à quelqu'un, tu dois le regarder dans les yeux.

When you shake someone's hand, you should look them in the eye.

D'où tu lui serres la main?

Why are you shaking his hand?

— La Haine (1995)

Si tu serres pas, ça va fuir.

If you don't tighten it, it will leak.

— Demain tout commence (2016)

Tu es très concis et tu serres bien le sujet.

You are very concise and you cover the subject well.

Pourquoi tu serres cette pierre?

Why are you holding that stone?

— Parasite (2019)

Et toi, qui serres la main de Teller.

And you, shaking Teller's hand.

— Oppenheimer (2023)

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