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l' ail
garlic
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How do you say ail in French?
How do you pronounce ail in French?
ail is pronounced /laj/ in French.
Example sentences
Le vieil ail que j'ai acheté au marché a un goût très fort.
The old garlic that I bought at the market has a very strong taste.
Cet ail blanc est meilleur que celui que j'ai planté l'année dernière.
This white garlic is better than the one I planted last year.
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Why is it masculine?
Ail (garlic) is masculine in French. While it does derive from Latin "allium," the gender explanation oversimplifies the linguistic evolution. In Latin, "allium" was indeed masculine, but French gender retention from Latin is not mechanical—many Latin masculine nouns became feminine in French. The masculine gender of "ail" is better explained as a retention of the Latin masculine gender that happened to persist in French, though this is not a predictive rule for other Latin-derived words. The word is correctly identified as a masculine noun meaning garlic.
What is the French word for garlic?
The French word for garlic is l' ail — masculine.
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