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les chaînes
chains
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How do you say chaînes in French?
How do you pronounce chaînes in French?
chaînes is pronounced /le ʃɛn/ in French.
Example sentences
La chaîne de télévision française est très populaire.
The French television channel is very popular.
Cette longue chaîne en or est magnifique et précieuse.
This long gold chain is magnificent and precious.
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Why is it feminine?
Chaînes is feminine because it derives from Latin "catena" (a chain), which was a feminine noun in Latin, and French retained this grammatical gender through regular sound evolution. The word's femininity follows the typical pattern where Latin feminine nouns ending in "-a" became feminine nouns in French ending in "-e."
What is the French word for chains?
The French word for chains is les chaînes — feminine.
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