caillou-Pebble: meaning, definitions and translations

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What is caillou?caillou is Pebble

What is Pebble?

  • Pierre quelconque de petite dimension, le plus souvent assez dure, qui a pu être façonnée par les glaciers (caillou poli, strié), le vent (caillou à facettes), les eaux (caillou roulé).
    Pierre any small-scale, often quite hard, which was able to be shaped by glaciers (polished, striated rock), wind (faceted stone), waters (rock and roll).
  • Fragment de cristal de roche, etc., susceptible d'être poli : Caillou du Rhin.
    Fragment of rock crystal, etc., likely to be polite: pebble from the Rhine.
  • Familier. Diamant, pierre précieuse.
    Familiar. Diamond, gemstone.