🇫🇷 francés

glaciers

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

les glaciers

glaciers

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glaciers
/le ɡlasje/
← masculine feminine →

¿Cómo se dice glaciers en francés?

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/le ɡlasje/

How do you pronounce glaciers in francés?

glaciers is pronounced /le ɡlasje/ in francés.

Frases de ejemplo

Le glacier bleu s'est effondré rapidement.

The blue glacier collapsed quickly.

Un ancien glacier recouvrait autrefois cette vallée profonde.

An ancient glacier once covered this deep valley.

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¿Por qué es masculine?

Glaciers is masculine in French. It is a noun meaning "ice cream" or "glacier" (the geological formation). The word derives from Old French "glaciere" (feminine), which came from Latin "glacies" (ice, feminine). However, the modern French "glacier" is masculine, likely due to reanalysis and analogy with the productive masculine "-er" suffix in French, which is commonly used for agent nouns and other masculine formations. This represents a gender shift from the original feminine Latin root.

¿Cómo se dice glaciers en francés?

En francés, glaciers se dice les glaciers — masculine.

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