Accordcouteau
le couteau
knife
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How do you say couteau in French?
How do you pronounce couteau in French?
couteau is pronounced /lə kuto/ in French.
Example sentences
Le couteau tranchant est tombé sur le sol dur.
The sharp knife fell on the hard floor.
Un couteau ancien et précieux a été volé du musée.
An ancient and precious knife was stolen from the museum.
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Why is it masculine?
Couteau is masculine because it derives from the Latin "cultellus" (a small knife), which was a masculine noun, and French retained this grammatical gender through regular sound changes over centuries. The diminutive suffix "-ellus" in Latin naturally carried masculine gender, which persisted when the word evolved into Old French "coutel" and then modern "couteau."
What is the French word for knife?
The French word for knife is le couteau — masculine.
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