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les bouteilles
bottles
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How do you say bouteilles in French?
How do you pronounce bouteilles in French?
bouteilles is pronounced /le 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?
Bouteilles 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 bottles?
The French word for bottles is les bouteilles — feminine.
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