Accordcimetières
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masculine
les cimetières
cemeteries
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cimetières
/le simtjɛʁ/
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Comment dit-on cimetières en français ?
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/le simtjɛʁ/
How do you pronounce cimetières in français?
cimetières is pronounced /le simtjɛʁ/ in français.
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Pourquoi est-ce masculine ?
Cimetières is masculine because it derives from Latin "caemetērium," which came from Greek "koimētērion" (sleeping place). Latin neuter nouns ending in "-ium" typically became masculine in Old French through a regular sound change process. The French ending "-ière" in this word is not the productive feminine suffix "-ière" (as in "boulangère"), but rather the result of the Latin accusative form "caemetērium" evolving phonetically.
Comment dit-on cemeteries en français ?
En français, cemeteries se dit les cimetières — masculine.
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