Sésame, ouvre-toi
French, phrase/se.za.m‿u.vʁə.twa/
Sésame, ouvre-toi is spelled S-É-S-A-M-E-O-U-V-R-E-T-O-I (14 letters). Sésame, ouvre-toi is a French phrase meaning “open sesame” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Formule permettant d’ouvrir les portes fermées, ou de surmonter les difficultés”.
What does Sésame, ouvre-toi mean in English?
phrase
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open sesame
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
phrase: 1. Formule permettant d’ouvrir les portes fermées, ou de surmonter les difficultés.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Sésame, ouvre-toi
- sésame
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Sésame, ouvre-toi?
- /se.za.m‿u.vʁə.twa/
- \se.za.m‿u.vʁə twa\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.