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Toiles is feminine in French. The article is les, so the full form is les toiles ("canvases").
FEMININEtoiles is the plural of toile
les toiles — canvases
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How do you say toiles in French?
How do you pronounce toiles in French?
toiles is pronounced /le twal/ in French.
Example sentences
La toile blanche est accrochée au mur de la galerie.
The white canvas is hung on the gallery wall.
Cette toile ancienne et précieuse a été restaurée par un expert.
This ancient and precious canvas was restored by an expert.
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Why is it feminine?
Toiles is feminine because it derives from the Latin "tela" (feminine), which meant "web" or "cloth" and belonged to the first declension class of feminine nouns in Latin. The word retained its feminine gender through the Romance language evolution into Old French and modern French.
What is the French word for canvases?
The French word for canvases is les toiles — feminine.
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