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les gelées
frosts
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How do you say gelées in French?
How do you pronounce gelées in French?
gelées is pronounced /le ʒəle/ in French.
Example sentences
La gelée royale est très précieuse pour les apiculteurs.
Royal jelly is very precious for beekeepers.
Cette gelée blanche a recouvert tout le jardin ce matin.
This white frost covered the entire garden this morning.
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Why is it feminine?
Gelées is feminine because it derives from the Latin feminine noun "gelata" (feminine past participle of "gelare," to freeze), which naturally carried feminine gender into Old French and modern French. The -ée ending, typically feminine in French, reinforced this gender assignment over time.
What is the French word for frosts?
The French word for frosts is les gelées — feminine.
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