Accordéchelles
les échelles
ladders
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How do you say échelles in French?
How do you pronounce échelles in French?
échelles is pronounced /le eʃɛl/ in French.
Example sentences
L'échelle est trop haute pour que je la grimpe seul.
The ladder is too high for me to climb it alone.
Cette nouvelle échelle métallique est très solide et durable.
This new metal ladder is very solid and durable.
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Why is it feminine?
Échelles is feminine because it derives from Latin "scāla" (feminine), which referred to a ladder or staircase and retained its feminine gender through Old French into Modern French. The feminine form was preserved even as the word's form changed through regular sound shifts in the evolution from Latin to French.
What is the French word for ladders?
The French word for ladders is les échelles — feminine.
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