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Sécheresses is feminine in French. The article is les, so the full form is les sécheresses ("droughts").
FEMININEsécheresses is the plural of sécheresse
les sécheresses — droughts
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How do you say sécheresses in French?
How do you pronounce sécheresses in French?
sécheresses is pronounced /le seʃʁɛs/ in French.
Example sentences
La sécheresse prolongée a détruit toutes les récoltes de la région.
The prolonged drought destroyed all the crops in the region.
Cette sécheresse exceptionnelle est la plus grave que nous ayons jamais connue.
This exceptional drought is the most serious one we have ever experienced.
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Why is it feminine?
Sécheresses is feminine because it derives from the Latin "siccitas," which is a feminine noun (following the first declension pattern ending in -tas), and French preserved this grammatical gender through the Old French form "secheresse." The suffix "-esse" itself also became a productive feminine-forming suffix in French, reinforcing the feminine gender.
What is the French word for droughts?
The French word for droughts is les sécheresses — feminine.
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