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les chevilles
ankles
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How do you say chevilles in French?
How do you pronounce chevilles in French?
chevilles is pronounced /le 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?
Chevilles 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 ankles?
The French word for ankles is les chevilles — feminine.
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