🇫🇷 French

chauffages

masculine

les chauffages

heatings

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chauffages
/le ʃofaʒ/
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How do you say chauffages in French?

IPA
/le ʃofaʒ/

How do you pronounce chauffages in French?

chauffages is pronounced /le ʃofaʒ/ in French.

Example sentences

Le chauffage central est très efficace et économique pour notre maison.

Central heating is very efficient and economical for our house.

Notre ancien chauffage électrique consommait beaucoup d'énergie, alors nous l'avons remplacé.

Our old electric heating consumed a lot of energy, so we replaced it.

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Why is it masculine?

Chauffages is masculine because it's derived from the verb "chauffer" (to heat), and French nouns formed with the suffix "-age" are typically masculine by convention—this "-age" suffix comes from Latin "-aticum" and has been consistently masculine throughout French's development. There's no deeper semantic reason; it's simply a grammatical rule that most "-age" nouns follow.

What is the French word for heatings?

The French word for heatings is les chauffages — masculine.

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