le
/ʃjɛ̃/
Translation
dog
Word origin
From Latin canem, the accusative of canis ('dog'). The same root gave English 'canine' and 'kennel'.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- canis
- English cognates
- canine, kennel
Grammar
Examples
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My dog loves running in the park.
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She took an old dog into her home.
quelqu' .
The dog makes noise as soon as someone rings the bell.
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The weather has been awful for three days.
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Guide dogs help blind people in the street.
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Grammar articles
(8)French Adjective Agreement: Gender, Number, and Position Rules
French Articles: Definite, Indefinite, Partitive, and the Article English Speakers Drop
French Demonstratives: ce, cet, cette, ces and the -ci / -là Distance Split
French Negation: ne... pas, jamais, rien, personne and the Colloquial ne-Drop
French Noun Gender: Why Every Noun Is Le or La, and the Endings That Give It Away
French Partitives and 'de': du, de la, des and the Negation Rule
French Question Words: qui, que, quand, où, comment, pourquoi and the Three Ways to Ask
French Word Order: SVO, the Object Pronoun Inversion, and Six Rules That Cover 90% of Sentences
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