This is the 2271st most frequent French word.
ingrédients
Ingredients: substances or materials used to make a dish or product.
In this sentence, 'ingrédients' is used to refer to the components needed to make a recipe, specifically a cake.
Les ingrédients pour préparer ce gâteau sont très simples.
The ingredients to prepare this cake are very simple.
In this case, 'ingrédients' refers again to materials but emphasizes their quality for culinary purposes.
Le chef a sélectionné les meilleurs ingrédients pour son plat signature.
The chef selected the finest ingredients for his signature dish.
Here, 'ingrédients' is metaphorically used to signify essential elements for creating something abstract, such as a story.