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l' air
air
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How do you say air in French?
How do you pronounce air in French?
air is pronounced /lɛʁ/ in French.
Example sentences
L'air frais du matin m'a réveillé complètement.
The fresh morning air woke me up completely.
Cet air pollué est devenu très dangereux pour notre santé.
This polluted air has become very dangerous for our health.
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Why is it masculine?
Air is masculine in French because it derives from Latin "aerem" (accusative of "aer"), which was already masculine in Latin, following the pattern of most Latin words ending in -er that became French nouns. Like many grammatical genders in Romance languages, French preserved the Latin gender assignments rather than following a systematic phonetic rule.
What is the French word for air?
The French word for air is l' air — masculine.
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