🇫🇷 francés

bananes

Did you know? This word is a cognate — it looks similar in English and has the same meaning. Cognates are usually easier to remember!
feminine

les bananes

bananas

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bananes
/le banan/
← masculine feminine →

¿Cómo se dice bananes en francés?

AFI
/le banan/

How do you pronounce bananes in francés?

bananes is pronounced /le banan/ in francés.

Frases de ejemplo

La banane jaune que j'ai achetée hier était délicieuse.

The yellow banana that I bought yesterday was delicious.

Cette banane pourrie doit être jetée immédiatement.

This rotten banana must be thrown away immediately.

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¿Por qué es feminine?

Bananes is feminine in French. While the word does derive from Bantu languages (likely Kikongo "banana"), the gender assignment is primarily due to the feminine ending "-ane" in French, which typically marks feminine nouns. Words ending in "-ane" like "profane" and "arcane" are actually adjectives or masculine nouns, so this comparison is misleading. The feminine gender of "banane" is better explained by its ending "-ane" functioning as a feminine suffix (similar to "-ine", "-enne"), which is a more reliable pattern for French gender assignment than appealing to historical assimilation.

¿Cómo se dice bananas en francés?

En francés, bananas se dice les bananes — feminine.

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