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les serrures
locks
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How do you say serrures in French?
How do you pronounce serrures in French?
serrures is pronounced /le seʁyʁ/ in French.
Example sentences
La serrure est cassée et je ne peux pas ouvrir la porte.
The lock is broken and I cannot open the door.
J'ai trouvé une vieille serrure en métal dans le grenier.
I found an old metal lock in the attic.
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Why is it feminine?
Serrures (lock) is feminine because it derives from the Latin "serratura," which is a feminine noun formed from the verb "serrare" (to close/lock) with the feminine agent suffix "-ura," a common pattern in Latin that produced feminine nouns in Romance languages. This Latin feminine gender was preserved when the word evolved into Old French and Modern French.
What is the French word for locks?
The French word for locks is les serrures — feminine.
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