Accordtortues
Tortues is féminin in français. The article is les, so the full form is les tortues ("turtles").
FÉMININtortues est le pluriel de tortue
les tortues — turtles
ESSAIE
Comment dit-on tortues en français ?
How do you pronounce tortues in français?
tortues is pronounced /le tɔʁty/ in français.
Exemples de phrases
La tortue verte est menacée d'extinction à cause de la pollution.
The green turtle is threatened with extinction because of pollution.
Cette tortue ancienne a traversé plusieurs générations de ma famille.
This ancient turtle has lived through several generations of my family.
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Pourquoi est-ce féminin ?
Tortues is feminine because it derives from Latin "tortuca," which was itself feminine. The feminine gender was preserved through Old French into modern French. The -a ending in Latin typically marked feminine nouns, and this gender was maintained as the word evolved phonetically into French "tortue."
Comment dit-on turtles en français ?
En français, turtles se dit les tortues — feminine.
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