🇫🇷 French

peaux

feminine

les peaux

skins

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peaux
/le po/
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How do you say peaux in French?

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/le po/

How do you pronounce peaux in French?

peaux is pronounced /le po/ in French.

Example sentences

La peau sensible de ma fille nécessite une crème hydratante spéciale.

My daughter's sensitive skin requires a special moisturizing cream.

Cette vieille peau a besoin d'être nourrie avec des produits naturels.

This old skin needs to be nourished with natural products.

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Why is it feminine?

Peaux is feminine because it derives from Latin "pellis" (feminine), which followed the third declension pattern in Latin where many nouns ending in -is were feminine. The French word retained the feminine gender from its Latin ancestor, even though the -is ending was dropped during the language's evolution.

What is the French word for skins?

The French word for skins is les peaux — feminine.

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