With masculine singular nouns → use un. With feminine singular nouns → use une. With plural nouns → use des. un, une and des → change to de or d’ in negative sentences.

Nouns are plural when they refer to more than one thing or person, eg une fille – les filles a girl – the girls. The plural form is quite straightforward. Most French nouns add an -s to the singular to show they are plural, eg: un chien (a dog) → des chiens (dogs)

Most adjective changes occur in the following manner:

1. Feminine: add an -e to the masculine form. un garçon intéressant –> une fille intéressante. un ami amusant –> une amie amusante.
2. Plural: add an -s to the singular form. un garçon intéressant –> des garçons intéressants. une fille intéressante –> des filles intéressantes.

Explanation: because “la” is singular and “les” is the plural also you have to put a “s” at the end of the word “filles” because in french “s” represent the plural.

crayon m (plural: crayons m)

Noun. mal (plural mals)

chapeau (plural chapeaus or chapeaux)

Word forms: bateau, plural bateaux. masculine noun. boat.

[ʒeneʀal ] Word forms: général, générale, masculine plural généraux. adjective. general ⧫ in general.

The name derives from the French word, bateau, which is simply the word for boat and the plural, bateaux, follows the French, an unusual construction for an English plural. In the southern United States, the term is still used to refer to flat-bottomed boats, including those elsewhere called jon boats.

masculine

Noun. chou (plural choux)

The French online dictionary l’Internaute defines chouchou as “a person who is preferred over others and towards whom all attention is targeted.” In other words, chouchou refers to a ‘teacher’s pet’. This is the most common way of using the expression in French.

Compound word plural

Compound words	Examples
noun + noun	un chou-fleur des choux-fleurs
adjective + noun	une longue-vue des longues-vues
noun + preposition + nom	une pomme de terre des pommes de terre
verbe + noun	un porte-bagages des porte-bagages un tire-bouchon des tire-bouchons un porte-parole des porte-paroles

Mon petit chou means, “my little cabbage” in french. It’s a term of endearment similar to “darling” or “sweetheart” used for both males and females.

There is a wonderful French phrase, “ma petite chou,” which is a term of endearment for someone who is much loved. The literal translation is “my little cabbage.” It seems perfect that a vegetable so sweet and healthful, yet hardy and reliable, should be the description for one’s beloved in France.

“Chou chou” (pronounced exactly like shoo-shoo) was a reduplicative French term of endearment, meaning “my little cabbage”.

French ~ a pet name or term of endearment exclusively meant for males having to say it to females. ACTUAL term = “mon petit chou chou” ( MOn – Peh’tEEt – ChU – ChU ) means “My little cabbage.”

10 French Love Nicknames

• Mon amour – my love.
• Mon ange – my angel.
• Mon trésor – my treasure.
• Mon coeur – my heart.
• Mon canard – my duck – yes, I know…
• Mon chou – my sweet bun (un chou à la crème is a cream filled puff pastry) – “mon petit chou” is also quite common.
• Mon chouchou – comes from “mon chou”

Originally Answered: What does “mon amie” mean in French? It literally means “my friend,” where the friend is female. As discussed in the answers to another question, in the absence of any other clarifying context it may be interpreted as “my girlfriend (romantic partner)” rather than “my friend (platonic).”

Lou is a shortening (Breton and French) of the French and Breton Louane. Lou is also a shortening (English) of the Dutch, English, French, and German Louise. Lou is also a form of the English Lucy. See also the related forms, the English Emmylou, the English and Italian Luana, and the English and German Marylou.

smasher; stunner; knockout; beauty; ravisher; sweetheart; peach; looker; mantrap; dish; woman; adult female.

countable noun. A loo is a toilet. [British, informal]

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Loo. Despite being a very British word for toilet, ‘loo’ is actually derived from the French phrase ‘guardez l’eau’, which means ‘watch out for the water’. Over time, it became loo and was applied to the toilet itself.

“Loo” is, of course, slang, primarily British, for the toilet, restroom or bathroom (or whatever your favorite euphemism might be). The origin of “loo” has been hotly, and often quite creatively, debated since the word first appeared.

Toilet. This was on the original 1950s list and, to be honest, I’d rather chew glass than use the word toilet in polite conversation. It’s a harsh word that was adapted from the French toilette which means your appearance, hence toiletries bag. Lavatory or loo is much more acceptable.

Use posh slang. “Golly gosh.” “Old bean.” Much like “old sport” or “old fellow,” this is a term of endearment used to describe a person beyond middle age. “Poppycock.” This means something is nonsensical or stupid. “Capital” – spoken “kepitol.” This means “fantastic.” “Skive.” This means lazy.

Lavatory or the slightly twee ‘loo’ are always acceptable and used by those from stronger social backgrounds, or those who ‘get it’. ‘Toilet’ is both down-market but also incorrect. Historically, a toilette was a person’s make-up (hence ‘toiletries bag’, ‘eau de toilette’, etc).

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