🇫🇷 French

aéroports

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 aéroports

airports

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aéroports
/le aeʁɔpɔʁ/
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How do you say aéroports in French?

IPA
/le aeʁɔpɔʁ/

How do you pronounce aéroports in French?

aéroports is pronounced /le aeʁɔpɔʁ/ in French.

Example sentences

Le nouvel aéroport international est très moderne et spacieux.

The new international airport is very modern and spacious.

Cet aéroport français est devenu le plus grand du pays grâce à ses récentes expansions.

This French airport became the largest in the country thanks to its recent expansions.

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Why is it masculine?

Aéroports is masculine. While the word is indeed a compound of "aéro-" (from Greek "aer," meaning air) and "-port" (from Latin "portus," meaning harbor/port), the rule about taking the gender of the final element is not a reliable general principle in French. "Aéroport" is masculine primarily because "port" (harbor/port) is masculine in French, but this is better explained as the word being understood as a type of port (port for aircraft) rather than as a strict rule about compound word gender. French compound words do not consistently follow a gender rule based on their final element.

What is the French word for airports?

The French word for airports is les aéroports — masculine.

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