Accordoreille
l' oreille
ear
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How do you say oreille in French?
How do you pronounce oreille in French?
oreille is pronounced /lɔʁɛj/ in French.
Example sentences
La petite oreille de ma fille est devenue rouge après le froid.
My daughter's small ear became red after the cold.
Cette vieille oreille n'entend plus bien les sons aigus.
This old ear no longer hears high-pitched sounds well.
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Why is it feminine?
Oreille is feminine because it derives from Latin "auricula" (the diminutive of "auris," meaning ear), which was a feminine noun in Latin, and French inherited the feminine gender along with the word. Like most Romance language nouns, French oreille retained the grammatical gender of its Latin ancestor.
What is the French word for ear?
The French word for ear is l' oreille — feminine.
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