🇫🇷 français

miroirs

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 miroirs

mirrors

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miroirs
/le miʁwaʁ/
← masculine feminine →

Comment dit-on miroirs en français ?

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/le miʁwaʁ/

How do you pronounce miroirs in français?

miroirs is pronounced /le miʁwaʁ/ in français.

Exemples de phrases

Le miroir ancien que j'ai acheté est très beau.

The old mirror that I bought is very beautiful.

Ce miroir rond reflète parfaitement la lumière du soleil.

This round mirror reflects the sunlight perfectly.

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Pourquoi est-ce masculine ?

Miroirs is masculine. While it does derive from Latin "mirari" (to wonder at), the etymological path and gender assignment are more complex than stated. The word comes from Old French "mireor," which developed from Latin "miratorium" (a place for looking/wondering). However, the masculine gender of "miroir" is primarily due to the -oir ending in French, which is a productive masculine suffix derived from Latin -orium (neuter in Latin, but reanalyzed as masculine in Old French). The gender was not simply "retained" from Latin but rather reassigned through morphological reanalysis of the suffix pattern.

Comment dit-on mirrors en français ?

En français, mirrors se dit les miroirs — masculine.

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