🇫🇷 French

douches

feminine

les douches

showers

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douches
/le duʃ/
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How do you say douches in French?

IPA
/le duʃ/

How do you pronounce douches in French?

douches is pronounced /le duʃ/ in French.

Example sentences

La douche froide m'a réveillée ce matin.

The cold shower woke me up this morning.

Cette douche est trop petite pour être confortable.

This shower is too small to be comfortable.

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Why is it feminine?

Douches is feminine in French. It derives from the Italian "doccia," which comes from Latin "ducta" (the feminine past participle of "ducere," meaning to lead or conduct). The word originally referred to a water conduit or channel. The feminine gender was preserved through the etymological path from Latin through Italian to French, where the -a ending is typically associated with feminine nouns.

What is the French word for showers?

The French word for showers is les douches — feminine.

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