🇫🇷 français

casserole

Did you know? This word is a cognate — it looks similar in English and has the same meaning. Cognates are usually easier to remember!
feminine

la casserole

saucepan

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casserole
/la kasʁɔl/
← masculine feminine →

Comment dit-on casserole en français ?

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/la kasʁɔl/

How do you pronounce casserole in français?

casserole is pronounced /la kasʁɔl/ in français.

Exemples de phrases

La casserole rouge est tombée du feu et a brûlé le dîner.

The red casserole fell off the fire and burned dinner.

J'ai acheté une nouvelle casserole antiadhésive pour préparer mes omelettes préférées.

I bought a new non-stick casserole to prepare my favorite omelets.

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Pourquoi est-ce feminine ?

Casserole is feminine in French. While it does relate to cookware, the etymology involving Latin "cattia" is not well-established. The word more likely derives from Old French "casse" (from Latin "cattia" meaning a type of vessel or pan), and the "-ole" suffix is indeed a diminutive ending that typically appears in feminine forms in French. French feminine nouns often end in "-ole", "-elle", or "-ette", which may have reinforced or marked this word's feminine gender. The word is correctly feminine, though the specific Latin etymological pathway claimed is uncertain.

Comment dit-on saucepan en français ?

En français, saucepan se dit la casserole — feminine.

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