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Jhex@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

• GrosPapatouf@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  In France, “lave-linge” and “machine à laver” are equally common. The first is masculine and the second feminine. For dryers, “sèche-linge” is definitely most common, and is masculine. Of course this might be very different in Quebec or other french-speaking regions.

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• Eyekaytee@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Just to confirm for people who don’t know it’s not the actual physical object that has a gender but the word

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• madcaesar@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Isn’t machine female? La machine

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  • scutiger@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    “La machine à laver,” or “la laveuse”

    But not all machines are X machine, some have specific names that could be either gender.

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• finickydesert@lemmy.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  I think it’s because of gender roles back in the day

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