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la bouteille
bottle
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How do you say bouteille in French?
How do you pronounce bouteille in French?
bouteille is pronounced /la butɛj/ in French.
Example sentences
La bouteille verte est cassée sur la table.
The green bottle is broken on the table.
J'ai acheté une nouvelle bouteille de vin rouge hier.
I bought a new bottle of red wine yesterday.
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Why is it feminine?
Bouteille is feminine because it derives from Late Latin "butticula," a diminutive form of "buttis" (barrel), and Latin diminutives ending in "-cula" were grammatically feminine, a gender that persisted through Old French into Modern French. This is a regular application of Latin gender rules rather than an exception.
What is the French word for bottle?
The French word for bottle is la bouteille — feminine.
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