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trains

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 trains

trains

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trains
/le tʁɛ̃/
← masculine feminine →

Comment dit-on trains en français ?

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/le tʁɛ̃/

How do you pronounce trains in français?

trains is pronounced /le tʁɛ̃/ in français.

Exemples de phrases

Le train rapide arrive à la gare.

The fast train arrives at the station. (masculine adjective 'rapide' agrees with masculine noun 'train'; masculine article 'le' required)

Mon ancien train de jouet était bleu et blanc.

My old toy train was blue and white. (masculine possessive adjective 'mon' and masculine adjective 'ancien' must agree with masculine 'train'; feminine would be 'ma' and 'ancienne')

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Pourquoi est-ce masculine ?

Trains is masculine in French. While the word does derive from Old French "train" (meaning a procession or retinue), the etymology and gender assignment are not clearly connected through the mechanism described. The masculine gender is simply an inherent property of this noun in French, as with many common nouns whose gender must be learned as part of vocabulary acquisition rather than derived from predictable etymological rules.

Comment dit-on trains en français ?

En français, trains se dit les trains — masculine.

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