Accordouests
les ouests
wests
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Comment dit-on ouests en français ?
How do you pronounce ouests in français?
ouests is pronounced /lez wɛst/ in français.
Exemples de phrases
L'ouest est très beau et pittoresque.
The west is very beautiful and picturesque. (masculine adjectives: beau, pittoresque)
L'ouest français est connu pour ses châteaux anciens et magnifiques.
The French west is known for its old and magnificent castles. (masculine adjectives: français, anciens, magnifiques agree with ouest)
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Pourquoi est-ce masculine ?
Ouests (west) is masculine. While it does derive from Latin "occasus" (sunset, west), which was indeed masculine, the explanation of why French retained this gender is oversimplified. The gender was preserved through French's evolution from Latin, but the rule about "consonant-ending nouns defaulting to masculine" is not a reliable principle in French. Many French masculine nouns end in consonants, but many feminine nouns do as well. The word's masculinity is best explained simply as inherited from its Latin masculine source, rather than through a general rule about consonant endings.
Comment dit-on wests en français ?
En français, wests se dit les ouests — masculine.
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