🇫🇷 français

places

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 places

places

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places
/le plas/
← masculine feminine →

Comment dit-on places en français ?

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/le plas/

How do you pronounce places in français?

places is pronounced /le plas/ in français.

Exemples de phrases

La place publique était bondée de manifestants.

The public square was crowded with protesters.

Cette petite place pittoresque était ma favorite.

This small picturesque square was my favorite.

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Pourquoi est-ce feminine ?

Places is feminine in French because it derives from Latin *platea*, which was feminine, ultimately from Greek *plateia* (broad street); French retained the feminine gender of its Latin source word. This is a straightforward case of gender inheritance rather than following a productive morphological rule.

Comment dit-on places en français ?

En français, places se dit les places — feminine.

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