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feminine

/duʃ/

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Translation

shower

Word origin

From Italian doccia ('water pipe, conduit'), from docciare ('to pour'), ultimately from Latin ductio ('a leading, conveying'), from ducere ('to lead').

Origin: Italian
Root: doccia

Grammar

Genderfeminine

Pluraldouches

Examples

tous .

I take a shower every morning.

The shower has been broken since yesterday.

, ' .

After exercise, there is nothing like a good shower.

' ' .

There is no more hot water in the shower.

Cette .

This news was a real cold shower.

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This word is part of lesson 29.