🇫🇷 French

recettes

feminine

les recettes

recipes

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recettes
/le ʁəsɛt/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say recettes in French?

IPA
/le ʁəsɛt/

How do you pronounce recettes in French?

recettes is pronounced /le ʁəsɛt/ in French.

Example sentences

La recette traditionnelle de ma grand-mère est très secrète et délicieuse.

My grandmother's traditional recipe is very secret and delicious.

Cette nouvelle recette italienne est facile à préparer et absolument parfaite.

This new Italian recipe is easy to prepare and absolutely perfect.

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Why is it feminine?

Recettes is feminine because it derives from the Latin "recepta" (feminine past participle of "recipere," meaning "to receive"), which retained its feminine gender when adopted into Old French. The word originally referred to receipts or medical prescriptions, and this Latin feminine form persisted through regular sound changes into modern French.

What is the French word for recipes?

The French word for recipes is les recettes — feminine.

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