🇫🇷 French

clés

feminine

les clés

keys

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clés
/le kle/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say clés in French?

IPA
/le kle/

How do you pronounce clés in French?

clés is pronounced /le kle/ in French.

Example sentences

La clé dorée a ouvert la porte ancienne du château.

The golden key opened the old door of the castle.

Cette clé importante était perdue, mais je l'ai retrouvée ce matin.

This important key was lost, but I found it this morning.

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Why is it feminine?

Clés is feminine because it derives from the Latin "clavis," which was feminine in gender, and French retained this grammatical gender through its evolution from Vulgar Latin.

What is the French word for keys?

The French word for keys is les clés — feminine.

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