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le chou
cabbage
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How do you say chou in French?
How do you pronounce chou in French?
chou is pronounced /lə ʃu/ in French.
Example sentences
Le chou vert que j'ai acheté hier est déjà pourri.
The green cabbage that I bought yesterday is already rotten.
Ce petit chou est le favori de mon fils.
This little cabbage is my son's favorite.
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Why is it masculine?
Chou (cabbage) is masculine because it derives from Latin "caulis," which was a masculine noun, and French retained the masculine gender when the word evolved phonetically over centuries. Like most Romance language nouns, French gender was largely determined by Latin gender rather than by logical rules based on the word's meaning.
What is the French word for cabbage?
The French word for cabbage is le chou — masculine.
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