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la cheville
ankle
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How do you say cheville in French?
How do you pronounce cheville in French?
cheville is pronounced /la ʃəvij/ in French.
Example sentences
Ma cheville gauche est très enflée après ma chute hier.
My left ankle is very swollen after my fall yesterday.
La cheville droite de mon fils s'est foulée pendant le match de football.
My son's right ankle twisted during the football match.
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Why is it feminine?
Cheville is feminine because it derives from the Latin "clavícula" (a diminutive of "clavis," meaning key or nail), which was feminine in gender, and French retained this grammatical gender through phonetic evolution. Latin diminutives ending in "-ula" were typically feminine, and this gender was preserved in French.
What is the French word for ankle?
The French word for ankle is la cheville — feminine.
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