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Chattes is feminine in French. The article is les, so the full form is les chattes ("female cats").
FEMININEchattes is the plural of chatte
les chattes — female cats
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How do you say chattes in French?
How do you pronounce chattes in French?
chattes is pronounced /le ʃat/ in French.
Example sentences
La chatte dort sur le canapé.
The female cat is sleeping on the sofa.
Notre chatte a eu trois petits.
Our cat had three kittens.
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Why is it feminine?
Chatte is feminine because it is the feminine form of chat (cat), built with the standard French feminine suffix -e added to the masculine stem. Most animal nouns in French have paired masculine/feminine forms to mark the animal's sex.
What is the French word for female cats?
The French word for female cats is les chattes — feminine.
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