Accordnoisettes
les noisettes
hazelnuts
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How do you say noisettes in French?
How do you pronounce noisettes in French?
noisettes is pronounced /le 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?
Noisettes (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 hazelnuts?
The French word for hazelnuts is les noisettes — feminine.
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