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atomes

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masculine

les atomes

atoms

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atomes
/le atom/
← masculine feminine →

Comment dit-on atomes en français ?

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/le atom/

How do you pronounce atomes in français?

atomes is pronounced /le atom/ in français.

Exemples de phrases

Le petit atome d'hydrogène est le plus léger de tous les éléments.

The small hydrogen atom is the lightest of all elements.

Cet atome invisible contient un noyau dense et positif.

This invisible atom contains a dense and positive nucleus.

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Pourquoi est-ce masculine ?

Atomes is masculine in French. While it does derive from Latin "atomus" (from Greek "atomos"), the gender is NOT explained by the Latin "-us" ending, since French dropped most Latin grammatical endings during its evolution from Latin. Instead, "atome" is masculine because it was adopted into French as a masculine noun during the scientific terminology development of the 17th-18th centuries, likely influenced by the pattern of other scientific terms and the masculine gender of related French words in that semantic field.

Comment dit-on atoms en français ?

En français, atoms se dit les atomes — masculine.

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