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la chaise
chair
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How do you say chaise in French?
How do you pronounce chaise in French?
chaise is pronounced /la ʃɛz/ in French.
Example sentences
La chaise rouge est cassée, mais la chaise bleue est encore solide.
The red chair is broken, but the blue chair is still solid.
Cette vieille chaise en bois est très belle et très confortable.
This old wooden chair is very beautiful and very comfortable.
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Why is it feminine?
Chaise is feminine because it derives from Latin "cathedra" (seat/chair), which is feminine. When the word evolved into Old French and then French, it retained its feminine gender from its Latin ancestor. Like many French nouns, "chaise" inherited the grammatical gender of its Latin source word.
What is the French word for chair?
The French word for chair is la chaise — feminine.
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