🇫🇷 French

cuillères

feminine

les cuillères

spoons

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cuillères
/le kɥijɛʁ/
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How do you say cuillères in French?

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/le kɥijɛʁ/

How do you pronounce cuillères in French?

cuillères is pronounced /le kɥijɛʁ/ in French.

Example sentences

La cuillère argentée est tombée sur le sol.

The silver spoon fell on the floor.

Cette petite cuillère est parfaite pour le café.

This small spoon is perfect for coffee.

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Why is it feminine?

Cuillères is feminine because it derives from Latin "cochleāris" (spoon), which was feminine in Latin. French inherited this grammatical gender, and the word's feminine form reflects the Latin feminine nominative singular "cochleāris." Like many French nouns, "cuillère" retains the grammatical gender of its Latin etymon, though French gender assignment often appears arbitrary to modern learners since it does not follow transparent morphological patterns.

What is the French word for spoons?

The French word for spoons is les cuillères — feminine.

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