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feminine

/ˈdutʃa/

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Translation

shower

Word origin

Borrowed via French douche from Italian doccia ('a pipe, a shower'), which derives from Latin ductus ('a conducting, a channel'), from ducere ('to lead').

Origin: Latin
Root: ductus
English cognates: douche, duct

Grammar

Genderfeminine

Pluralduchas

Examples

I am going to have a shower before going out.

The shower in the hotel has no hot water.

despierta.

A quick shower in the morning wakes me up.

The shower is in the bathroom at the end of the corridor.

After the match I need a shower.

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This word is part of lesson 35.