clé – French noun declension

French noun forms of clé

Noun: clé
Gender: f Hyphenation:
Singular fclé
Plural fclés

Sample Sentences

  • Et s'il me prend l'envie d' m'en aller, enferme-moi et jette la clé. (And if I feel like leaving, lock me up and throw away the key.) [2015, Zaz, Si jamais j'oublie:]
  • La différence est la clé de l'existence. (Difference is the key to existence.)

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French clef, from Old French clef, from Latin clāvis, from Proto-Italic *klāwis, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kleh₂w-. According to Bescherelle, the spelling clé had replaced clef by 1845. See: Latin Nouns 'clāvis'.

Verbs referencing "clé"

Portuguese Nouns chave.

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