🇫🇷 francese

cravates

Did you know? This word is a cognate — it looks similar in English and has the same meaning. Cognates are usually easier to remember!
feminine

les cravates

ties

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cravates
/le kʁavat/
← masculine feminine →

Come si dice cravates in francese?

AFI
/le kʁavat/

How do you pronounce cravates in francese?

cravates is pronounced /le kʁavat/ in francese.

Frasi di esempio

La cravate rouge que j'ai achetée hier est très élégante.

The red tie that I bought yesterday is very elegant.

Cette nouvelle cravate italienne est plus belle que l'ancienne.

This new Italian tie is more beautiful than the old one.

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Perché è feminine?

Cravates is feminine. While the word does derive from "cravate," which comes from the French word for Croats ("Cravates")—whose traditional neckwear inspired the garment name—the gender assignment is not explained by the -ate ending as a general rule. In fact, French nouns ending in -ate do not systematically assign feminine gender (e.g., "acrobate" is masculine, "pirate" is masculine). The feminine gender of "cravate" is a lexical fact tied to this specific word's history rather than a predictable grammatical pattern.

Come si dice ties in francese?

In francese, ties si dice les cravates — feminine.

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