This is what I wrote about
un pot in a comment on yesterday's post. It is a glass of wine or whatever you want to drink, usually in a café. And it's ponounced [poh] with a silent H.
On prend un pot avec des amis. By extension,
organiser or
faire un pot means to invite guests into your home or colleagues at your workplace to have a drink of whatever you are serving. I guess it's a cocktail party in a way.
Un pot d'adieu is a going-way party. Yesterday's
pot at the neighbors' house across the road was a crowd of maybe 50 people drinking glasses of the local bubbly wine or beer. There were some finger foods. We were lucky with the weather, which turned off mild and sunny, so most of the crowd stayed outdoors. It was fun.
Pot is an interesting word. It can mean a drink. It can mean a party. It can also mean "luck" —
j'ai eu du pot ce jour-là. I was lucky that day.
Manger à la fortune du pot means to take pot luck when talking about lunch or dinner.
Un pot au feu (the T is pronounced) is a boiled beef dinner, and
une poule au pot (silent T) is king Henri IV's famous chicken in every pot. And there are many more meanings as well.
Le pot d'échappement d'une voiture is the car's muffler. I don't know if this link will work, but if it does you can
see how many definitions there are for pot and how many expressions use the word.
I didn't take any pictures yesterday. It didn't seem appropriate, especially at the cemetery, and at the
pot I was busy talking to people. I think there were more people at the cemetery than there were at the house afterwards. People told me that the cathedral in Blois was pretty much full for the religious service/funeral earlier in the afternoon. I sort of wish I had gone to Blois for the funeral but we were busy getting the house ready for our mystery guests, who are supposed to arrive at about 6 this evening. We've never met them before. They aren't staying overnight, and we're not cooking a big dinner.
Nous allons boire un pot ensemble and get to know each other in person and not just by telephone and e-mail. These guests live in Grenoble and are on their way to Bayeux in Normandy (of tapestry fame) for some kind of family reunion. More tomorrow... maybe with a photo or two.