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la veste
jacket
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How do you say veste in French?
How do you pronounce veste in French?
veste is pronounced /la vɛst/ in French.
Example sentences
La veste rouge que j'ai achetée est trop grande pour moi.
The red jacket that I bought is too big for me.
Ma veste préférée est devenue toute mouillée sous la pluie.
My favorite jacket got completely soaked in the rain.
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Why is it feminine?
Veste is feminine because it derives from the Latin "vestis" (clothing), which was a feminine noun in Latin. French retained the gender of its Latin source words. The -a ending in French often signals feminine nouns, derived from Latin feminine forms, and this pattern is consistently observed in French vocabulary.
What is the French word for jacket?
The French word for jacket is la veste — feminine.
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