🇫🇷 French

cuisine

feminine

la cuisine

kitchen

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cuisine
/la kɥizin/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say cuisine in French?

IPA
/la kɥizin/

How do you pronounce cuisine in French?

cuisine is pronounced /la kɥizin/ in French.

Example sentences

La cuisine italienne est très populaire dans ce restaurant.

Italian cuisine is very popular in this restaurant.

Ma nouvelle cuisine est équipée d'appareils modernes.

My new kitchen is equipped with modern appliances.

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Why is it feminine?

Cuisine is feminine in French because it derives from the Latin "coquina" (feminine), which itself comes from "coquere" (to cook); the feminine grammatical gender was preserved through this etymological path from Latin to Old French to Modern French.

What is the French word for kitchen?

The French word for kitchen is la cuisine — feminine.

Gender across languages

LanguageWordArticleGender
🇪🇸 Spanishcocinalafeminine
🇮🇹 Italiancucinalafeminine
🇵🇹 Portuguesecozinhaafeminine

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