🇫🇷 français

classes

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 classes

classes

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classes
/le klas/
← masculine feminine →

Comment dit-on classes en français ?

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/le klas/

How do you pronounce classes in français?

classes is pronounced /le klas/ in français.

Exemples de phrases

La classe est très grande et moderne.

The class is very large and modern. (feminine adjectives: grande, moderne)

Ma professeure a organisé une excursion pour toute la classe entière.

My teacher organized an excursion for the entire class. (feminine adjectives: entière; feminine article: une, la)

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Pourquoi est-ce feminine ?

Classes is feminine in French because it derives from Latin "classis," which was grammatically feminine in Latin and retained that gender when borrowed into French. However, the phonetic evolution explanation is imprecise: Latin feminine nouns ending in -is typically evolved into French words ending in -e through regular sound changes, but this is better described as a general pattern of Latin -is feminine nouns rather than a specific rule about -e endings, since many Latin -is nouns produced various French endings.

Comment dit-on classes en français ?

En français, classes se dit les classes — feminine.

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