🇫🇷 français

dentistes

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 dentistes

dentists

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dentistes
/le dɑ̃tist/
← masculine feminine →

Comment dit-on dentistes en français ?

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/le dɑ̃tist/

How do you pronounce dentistes in français?

dentistes is pronounced /le dɑ̃tist/ in français.

Exemples de phrases

Le dentiste français est très compétent et il a reçu une formation excellente.

The French dentist is very competent and he received excellent training.

Mon dentiste préféré est arrivé tard à son rendez-vous ce matin.

My favorite dentist arrived late to his appointment this morning.

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Pourquoi est-ce masculine ?

Dentistes is masculine because it derives from the Latin "dens" (tooth) combined with the French agent suffix "-iste," which typically produces masculine nouns in French. The suffix "-iste" is generally masculine in gender, so professions formed with this ending are grammatically masculine in French, even when referring to women practitioners (who would be called "une dentiste").

Comment dit-on dentists en français ?

En français, dentists se dit les dentistes — masculine.

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