🇫🇷 français

statues

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 statues

statues

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statues
/le staty/
← masculine feminine →

Comment dit-on statues en français ?

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/le staty/

How do you pronounce statues in français?

statues is pronounced /le staty/ in français.

Exemples de phrases

La statue ancienne a été restaurée avec soin par les experts du musée.

The ancient statue was carefully restored by the museum experts.

Cette statue monumentale est devenue le symbole célèbre de notre ville.

This monumental statue has become the famous symbol of our city.

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Pourquoi est-ce feminine ?

Statues is feminine in French because it derives from Latin *statua*, which was grammatically feminine, likely due to the feminine ending *-a* that was common in Latin's first declension. The gender was preserved when the word entered French and remained feminine even as the *-a* ending eventually disappeared in French pronunciation.

Comment dit-on statues en français ?

En français, statues se dit les statues — feminine.

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