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les chaussures
shoes
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How do you say chaussures in French?
How do you pronounce chaussures in French?
chaussures is pronounced /le ʃosyʁ/ in French.
Example sentences
La chaussure rouge est trop petite pour mon pied.
The red shoe is too small for my foot.
Cette chaussure nouvelle me fait mal aux pieds.
This new shoe hurts my feet.
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Why is it feminine?
Chaussures is feminine because it ends in "-ure," a French suffix that consistently produces feminine nouns. The word derives from Latin "calceus" (a shoe), and the "-ure" suffix was applied during its evolution through Old French, transforming the Latin masculine noun into a feminine French noun. This pattern is consistent across French nouns ending in "-ure" (e.g., couverture, ouverture, nature).
What is the French word for shoes?
The French word for shoes is les chaussures — feminine.
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