🇫🇷 French

noisette

feminine

la noisette

hazelnut

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noisette
/la nwazɛt/
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How do you say noisette in French?

IPA
/la nwazɛt/

How do you pronounce noisette in French?

noisette is pronounced /la nwazɛt/ in French.

Example sentences

La noisette brune que j'ai trouvée dans le jardin était délicieuse.

The brown hazelnut that I found in the garden was delicious.

Cette petite noisette verte n'est pas encore mûre, elle restera cachée sous les feuilles.

This small green hazelnut is not yet ripe; it will remain hidden under the leaves.

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Why is it feminine?

Noisette (hazelnut) is feminine because it derives from the Old French "noix" (nut), which comes from Latin "nux" (feminine), and the diminutive suffix "-ette" (itself feminine) was added to create a smaller or more specific variant, preserving the feminine gender through this etymological chain.

What is the French word for hazelnut?

The French word for hazelnut is la noisette — feminine.

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