How is the word creux translated from French to English

English translation
Hollow
adjective

Vide à l'intérieur.

Empty inside.

Examples with “creux”

See how the word “creux” is used in sentences

  • Le tronc de l'arbre était creux. — The tree trunk was hollow.

  • Ses excuses sonnaient vides. — His apology sounded hollow.

  • La maison se trouve dans un vallon verdoyant. — The house sits in a green hollow.

  • Ces briques sont-elles creuses ou pleines ? — Are these bricks hollow or solid?

  • Leurs promesses se sont révélées vides. — Their promises turned out to be hollow.

  • Le brouillard s'installe dans le vallon chaque matin. — Fog settles in the hollow every morning.

  • Elle gardait ses pièces dans un livre creux. — She kept her coins in a hollow book.

  • J'en ai assez des compliments vides au travail. — I'm tired of hollow compliments at work.

  • Le vallon est inondé après de fortes pluies. — The hollow floods after heavy rain.

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