Accordétagère
l' étagère
shelf
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How do you say étagère in French?
How do you pronounce étagère in French?
étagère is pronounced /letaʒɛʁ/ in French.
Example sentences
L'étagère blanche que j'ai achetée est parfaite pour ma chambre.
The white shelf that I bought is perfect for my bedroom.
Cette étagère en bois est très grande et elle peut supporter beaucoup de livres.
This wooden shelf is very large and it can support many books.
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Why is it feminine?
Étagère is feminine because it derives from Old French "estage" (a story or level of a building), which came from Latin "stagium." The suffix "-ère" (from Latin "-aria") is a feminine-forming suffix in French that consistently produces feminine nouns. French nouns with this suffix inherited feminine gender from the Latin feminine ending "-aria," which is why "étagère" is feminine.
What is the French word for shelf?
The French word for shelf is l' étagère — feminine.
Gender across languages
| Language | Word | Article | Gender |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🇪🇸 Spanish | estante flips! | el | masculine |
| 🇮🇹 Italian | scaffale flips! | lo | masculine |
| 🇵🇹 Portuguese | prateleira | a | feminine |
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