🇫🇷 French

cadeaux

masculine

les cadeaux

gifts

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cadeaux
/le kado/
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How do you say cadeaux in French?

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/le kado/

How do you pronounce cadeaux in French?

cadeaux is pronounced /le kado/ in French.

Example sentences

Le cadeau bleu que j'ai acheté est arrivé endommagé.

The blue gift that I bought arrived damaged.

Ce cadeau magnifique était destiné à mon frère, mais il l'a refusé.

This magnificent gift was intended for my brother, but he refused it.

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Why is it masculine?

Cadeaux is masculine. While the etymology involving Latin "cadus" is plausible, the more direct and widely accepted origin is from Old French "cadeau," which derives from Latin "capitellum" (diminutive of "caput," meaning head), not from "cadus." The suffix "-eau" (from Latin "-ellum") is indeed a productive masculine-forming suffix in French. The word is masculine because it follows the standard gender pattern of French nouns ending in "-eau," which are typically masculine (e.g., "bureau," "tableau," "château").

What is the French word for gifts?

The French word for gifts is les cadeaux — masculine.

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