🇫🇷 French

choses

feminine

les choses

things

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choses
/le ʃoz/
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How do you say choses in French?

IPA
/le ʃoz/

How do you pronounce choses in French?

choses is pronounced /le ʃoz/ in French.

Example sentences

La chose la plus importante dans la vie est la santé.

The most important thing in life is health.

Cette chose ancienne était très précieuse et difficile à trouver.

This ancient thing was very precious and difficult to find.

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Why is it feminine?

Choses is feminine because it derives from Latin "causa" (feminine), which originally meant "cause" or "reason" before its meaning broadened to "thing" in Old French; the feminine gender was preserved through this semantic evolution.

What is the French word for things?

The French word for things is les choses — feminine.

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