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les chemises
shirts
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How do you say chemises in French?
How do you pronounce chemises in French?
chemises is pronounced /le ʃəmiz/ in French.
Example sentences
La chemise blanche que j'ai achetée est très élégante.
The white shirt that I bought is very elegant.
Ma nouvelle chemise rouge est trop petite pour moi.
My new red shirt is too small for me.
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Why is it feminine?
Chemises is feminine because it derives from the Late Latin "camisia," which was already feminine in gender, a term that likely originated from Germanic languages and retained its feminine classification as it evolved through Old French into modern French. The gender simply persisted through this linguistic transmission rather than following a predictable French grammatical rule.
What is the French word for shirts?
The French word for shirts is les chemises — feminine.
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