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masculine
le coude
elbow
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coude
/lə kud/
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How do you say coude in French?
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/lə kud/
How do you pronounce coude in French?
coude is pronounced /lə kud/ in French.
Example sentences
Le coude droit est cassé et douloureux.
The right elbow is broken and painful.
Mon coude gauche est gonflé après l'accident.
My left elbow is swollen after the accident.
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Why is it masculine?
Coude (elbow) is masculine because it derives from Latin "cubitus," which was a masculine noun, and French inherited this grammatical gender through regular sound changes during the language's evolution from Vulgar Latin. The word's gender was simply preserved as Latin masculine nouns generally became masculine in Old French.
What is the French word for elbow?
The French word for elbow is le coude — masculine.
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