Sock – la chaussette

(Pronounced shoh-seht)

To remember that Sock is pronounced shoh-seht (chaussette) in French, use the following mnemonic:

The sock watched a TV show sitting on the settee (chaussette).

Chaussette is feminine, so it's la chaussette. Imagine the Labrador having to put a peg on its nose because of a smelly sock.

Examples of chaussette (sock) in a sentence

Où est ma chaussette? 

(Where is my sock?)

J'ai perdu une chaussette dans la machine à laver. 

(I lost a sock in the washing machine.)

Ces chaussettes de sport sont très confortables. 

(These athletic socks are very comfortable.)