🇫🇷 French

fauteuils

masculine

les fauteuils

armchairs

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fauteuils
/le fotœj/
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How do you say fauteuils in French?

IPA
/le fotœj/

How do you pronounce fauteuils in French?

fauteuils is pronounced /le fotœj/ in French.

Example sentences

Le fauteuil rouge est très confortable pour lire.

The red armchair is very comfortable for reading.

Ce fauteuil ancien a été restauré par un artisan expérimenté.

This old armchair was restored by an experienced craftsman.

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Why is it masculine?

Fauteuils is masculine because it derives from Old French "faldestoel," which comes from Frankish *faldistol, ultimately from Germanic roots meaning "folding seat"—and Germanic loanwords in Old French typically retained or were assigned masculine gender, particularly for words ending in consonants rather than the feminine -e ending.

What is the French word for armchairs?

The French word for armchairs is les fauteuils — masculine.

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