Accordcouteaux
les couteaux
knives
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How do you say couteaux in French?
How do you pronounce couteaux in French?
couteaux is pronounced /le 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?
Couteaux 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 knives?
The French word for knives is les couteaux — masculine.
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