Why do I need to know stove ?
Because you might be confused why your friends said they plan to heat their home using a frying pan this winter.
What does it mean?
Stove – roughly pronounced pwahl – translates exactly to “stove” and is also often used in a shortened form of frying pan (frying pan).
But that’s not why people suddenly start talking about them as the temperatures fall, as a stove is also an alternative heating method.
In English, we would call these log-burners or wood (or pellet) burning stoves. There are two different types – a wood-burning stove (wood-burner) or a pellet stove (pellet-burner).
These can be used as an extra heater or simply as a nice focal point in the living room, but certain types of poêle can also be linked up to the main heating system or water-heating system, so have a more practical application.
Some people also use the hot surface of the stove to boil a kettle on or to cook on, although they’re usually used as a supplement to an electric or gas stove.
Amid France’s discussion surrounding energy shortages and the price of electricity and gas, the pans have been more frequently referenced.
Be careful not to confuse this word with ‘fur’ which is the French word for animal fur, but is pronounced very similarly, or even naked which is a colloquial word for being naked.
Use it like this
I installed a wood stove in my house. The process took a long time, but I was able to benefit from some government assistance. – I installed a wood-burning stove in my home. The process took a long time, but I was able to benefit from some government subsidies.
She heated her house with the stove all winter to avoid using electricity. – She heated her home using the wood-burner all winter to avoid using electricity.