Accordvaches
feminine
les vaches
cows
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How do you say vaches in French?
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/le vaʃ/
How do you pronounce vaches in French?
vaches is pronounced /le vaʃ/ in French.
Example sentences
La vache blanche est très productive.
The white cow is very productive.
Cette vache laitière a donné beaucoup de lait cette année.
This dairy cow gave a lot of milk this year.
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Why is it feminine?
Vaches is feminine because it derives from Latin "vacca," which was also grammatically feminine, following the first declension pattern (-a endings were typically feminine in Latin). This feminine gender has persisted through the Romance languages as a historical inheritance from Latin.
What is the French word for cows?
The French word for cows is les vaches — feminine.
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