What does caillé in French mean?

What is the meaning of the word caillé in French? The article explains the full meaning, pronunciation along with bilingual examples and instructions on how to use caillé in French.

The word caillé in French means curd cheese, curds, quail, my love, sweetheart, my sweetheart, honeybun, darling, my darling, curdle, curdle, be freezing, be frozen, be freezing, be frozen, it's freezing, hooligan, delinquent, hoodlum, it's freezing, curds, fermented milk, curdled milk, my pet, we're freezing our nuts off, we're freezing our balls off. To learn more, please see the details below.

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Meaning of the word caillé

curd cheese

nom masculin (fromage frais)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
En coagulant le lait on obtient du caillé, un délicieux fromage frais.

curds

nom masculin (lait coagulé)

(plural noun: Noun always used in plural form--for example, "jeans," "scissors.")
Les bébés régurgitent toujours un peu de caillé.

quail

nom féminin (petit oiseau)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Elise cuisine de délicieuses cailles aux pruneaux.
She is cooking delicious quails with prunes.

my love, sweetheart, my sweetheart, honeybun, darling, my darling

nom féminin (familier (terme affectif)

(interjection: Exclamation--for example, "Oh no!" "Wow!")
Bien sûr, ma caille, j'y ai pensé !
Of course I've thought about it, my love!

curdle

verbe transitif (faire coaguler)

(transitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat.")
Il faut cailler du lait pour faire ce fromage.
You have to curdle the milk to make this cheese.

curdle

verbe intransitif (faire des caillots)

(intransitive verb: Verb not taking a direct object--for example, "She jokes." "He has arrived.")
Le lait caille quand on lui ajoute de la présure.
Milk curdles when you add rennet.

be freezing, be frozen

verbe intransitif (familier (avoir très froid) (figurative, informal)

Je caille, pourrais-tu mettre un peu de chauffage ?
I'm freezing (or: frozen), could you turn up the heating?

be freezing, be frozen

verbe pronominal (familier (avoir très froid) (figurative, informal)

On se caille ici ! Il faut pousser le chauffage.
We're freezing our balls (or: tits) off here! The heating needs to be turned up.

it's freezing

(familier (il fait bien froid)

hooligan, delinquent, hoodlum

nom féminin (familier, péjoratif (voyou de cité)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Certains pensent qu'il n'y a que des cailleras en banlieue.

it's freezing

(familier (il fait très froid)

curds

nom masculin (lait fermenté, aigre)

Jean boit un verre de lait caillé chaque matin.

fermented milk, curdled milk

nom masculin (lait fait de bactéries) (dairy product)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Le yaourt est un lait fermenté.

my pet

nom féminin (familier (terme affectueux pour une femme)

we're freezing our nuts off, we're freezing our balls off

(familier (il fait froid) (vulgar, figurative)

(expression: Prepositional phrase, adverbial phrase, or other phrase or expression--for example, "behind the times," "on your own.")
On se les caille ici ! Monte le chauffage !

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