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How do you say "toolbox" in French?
la boîte à outils
In French, "toolbox" is la boîte à outils.
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Pronunciation
Pronounce bwat ah oo-TEE, linking boîte, meaning box, smoothly into à outils, meaning of tools.
Grammar notes
la boîte à outils is feminine. Its plural is boîtes à outils.
Example sentence
Il gardait ses outils dans une boîte à outils en métal.
He kept his tools in a metal toolbox.
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How to remember la boîte à outils
Boîte à outils literally means 'box of tools', a perfectly logical French compound.
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Questions about la boîte à outils
How do you pronounce la boîte à outils?
Pronounce bwat ah oo-TEE, linking boîte, meaning box, smoothly into à outils, meaning of tools.
Is la boîte à outils masculine or feminine?
la boîte à outils is feminine. la boîte à outils is feminine. Its plural is boîtes à outils.
How is la boîte à outils used in French?
la boîte à outils is used the same way as the equivalent English noun. For example: Il gardait ses outils dans une boîte à outils en métal. (He kept his tools in a metal toolbox.).
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