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les briquets
lighters
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How do you say briquets in French?
How do you pronounce briquets in French?
briquets is pronounced /le bʁikɛ/ in French.
Example sentences
Le briquet rouge est tombé dans l'eau et il est devenu inutilisable.
The red lighter fell into the water and it became unusable.
J'ai perdu mon briquet bleu préféré; je dois en acheter un nouveau.
I lost my favorite blue lighter; I need to buy a new one.
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Why is it masculine?
Briquets is masculine. While it may derive from "briquer" (to strike), the primary reason for its masculine gender is the diminutive suffix "-et", which is an inherently masculine suffix in French. Diminutive nouns formed with "-et" are typically masculine, regardless of the gender of the base word, making "briquet" masculine by this productive French word-formation pattern.
What is the French word for lighters?
The French word for lighters is les briquets — masculine.
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