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le cheveu
hair
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How do you say cheveu in French?
How do you pronounce cheveu in French?
cheveu is pronounced /lə ʃəvø/ in French.
Example sentences
Le cheveu blond de Marie est très long et soyeux.
Mary's blond hair strand is very long and silky.
Un cheveu noir est tombé sur mon épaule pendant que je parlais avec mon ami.
A black hair strand fell on my shoulder while I was talking with my friend.
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Why is it masculine?
Cheveu is masculine because it derives from Latin "capillus" (hair), which was a masculine noun, and French retained this grammatical gender through regular sound changes during the language's evolution from Vulgar Latin. The word's gender simply followed its Latin ancestor, as most French nouns did during this process.
What is the French word for hair?
The French word for hair is le cheveu — masculine.
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