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les crevettes
shrimp
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How do you say crevettes in French?
How do you pronounce crevettes in French?
crevettes is pronounced /le kʁəvɛt/ in French.
Example sentences
La crevette rose que j'ai achetée ce matin est très fraîche.
The pink shrimp that I bought this morning is very fresh.
Cette petite crevette grise nage rapidement dans l'aquarium.
This small gray shrimp swims quickly in the aquarium.
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Why is it feminine?
Crevettes is feminine because it derives from Old French "crevette," a diminutive form of "creveisse" (modern "écrevisse," crayfish), which came from Latin "caricinus" meaning crayfish—and diminutive nouns in Romance languages often inherited or took on feminine gender. The diminutive suffix "-ette" itself is inherently feminine in French, reinforcing this gender assignment.
What is the French word for shrimp?
The French word for shrimp is les crevettes — feminine.
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