🇵🇹 portugais

carnes

feminine

as carnes

meats

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carnes
/as ˈkaʁnis/
← masculine feminine →

Comment dit-on carnes en portugais ?

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/as ˈkaʁnis/

How do you pronounce carnes in portugais?

carnes is pronounced /as ˈkaʁnis/ in portugais.

Exemples de phrases

A carne vermelha é mais cara que a carne branca.

Red meat is more expensive than white meat.

A carne fresca que comprei estava deliciosa e macia.

The fresh meat that I bought was delicious and tender.

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Pourquoi est-ce feminine ?

Carnes is feminine in Portuguese because it derives from Latin "carnem" (accusative of "caro"), which belonged to the third declension. However, the gender assignment is not explained by a general pattern of third-declension Latin nouns becoming feminine in Romance languages—many third-declension Latin nouns had varied genders. Rather, "caro" was specifically a feminine noun in Latin, and Portuguese retained this feminine gender through the regular sound changes that transformed Latin into Portuguese (e.g., Latin -em > Portuguese -e). The feminine gender is preserved through direct inheritance from Latin, not through a declension-based pattern.

Comment dit-on meats en portugais ?

En portugais, meats se dit as carnes — feminine.

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