🇫🇷 français

climats

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 climats

climates

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climats
/le klima/
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Comment dit-on climats en français ?

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/le klima/

How do you pronounce climats in français?

climats is pronounced /le klima/ in français.

Exemples de phrases

Le climat tropical est très humide et chaud toute l'année.

The tropical climate is very humid and hot all year round.

Ce climat méditerranéen est devenu plus sec et plus chaud ces dernières décennies.

This Mediterranean climate has become drier and hotter in recent decades.

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Pourquoi est-ce masculine ?

Climats is masculine. It derives from Latin "clima" (from Greek "klima"), but the masculine gender is better explained by the fact that Latin "clima" was actually treated as a masculine noun in Latin itself (nominative singular: clima, despite the -a ending). When borrowed into Old French as a learned/scientific term, it retained this masculine gender. The -a ending did not trigger feminization because the word was perceived as masculine from its Latin source.

Comment dit-on climates en français ?

En français, climates se dit les climats — masculine.

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