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les huîtres
oysters
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How do you say huîtres in French?
How do you pronounce huîtres in French?
huîtres is pronounced /le ɥitʁ/ in French.
Example sentences
L'huître fraîche que j'ai mangée hier était délicieuse.
The fresh oyster that I ate yesterday was delicious.
Cette huître particulière provient des côtes bretonnes et elle est très appréciée.
This particular oyster comes from the Breton coast and it is highly appreciated.
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Why is it feminine?
Huîtres is feminine because it descends from Latin "ostrea," which was feminine in gender, and French retained this feminine classification when the word evolved phonetically from "ostrea" to "huître." The Latin feminine gender likely reflected the word's origins in Greek "ὄστρεον" (ostreon), which was also grammatically feminine.
What is the French word for oysters?
The French word for oysters is les huîtres — feminine.
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