🇫🇷 français

asperges

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 asperges

asparaguses

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asperges
/le aspɛʁʒ/
← masculine feminine →

Comment dit-on asperges en français ?

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/le aspɛʁʒ/

How do you pronounce asperges in français?

asperges is pronounced /le aspɛʁʒ/ in français.

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Pourquoi est-ce feminine ?

Asperges is feminine in French. While it does derive from Latin "asparagus," the feminine gender in French is primarily due to the semantic association with other feminine nouns referring to vegetables and plants, combined with phonetic changes during the evolution from Latin to Old French. The Latin masculine form "asparagus" underwent gender reassignment in Old French, likely influenced by analogical association with other feminine plant/vegetable terms in the Romance languages rather than a direct phonetic suffix transformation.

Comment dit-on asparaguses en français ?

En français, asparaguses se dit les asperges — feminine.

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