🇫🇷 French

étagères

feminine

les étagères

shelves

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étagères
/le etaʒɛʁ/
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How do you say étagères in French?

IPA
/le etaʒɛʁ/

How do you pronounce étagères in French?

étagères is pronounced /le etaʒɛʁ/ 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?

Étagères 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 shelves?

The French word for shelves is les étagères — feminine.

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