panier
basket
The word 'panier' is used in French to refer to a basket. It can refer to a physical basket used for carrying things, or metaphorically in the same contexts as it would be used in English. For example, 'mettre tous ses œufs dans le même panier' translates to 'put all your eggs in one basket'.
Example sentences using: panier
Je vais acheter un panier de fruits.
I am going to buy a basket of fruits.
This is an example of a future tense phrase where the speaker expresses an intent to buy a basket of fruits.
Le panier est sur la table.
The basket is on the table.
This is a present tense phrase referring to the position of an item, a 'basket' in this case, placed on another object, 'the table'.
Elle a perdu son panier.
She lost her basket.
This is an example of a past tense phrase wherein the narrative describes a female subject's loss of possession, specifically of her 'basket'.