🇫🇷 French

allées

feminine

les allées

paths

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allées
/le ale/
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How do you say allées in French?

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/le ale/

How do you pronounce allées in French?

allées is pronounced /le ale/ in French.

Example sentences

L'allée principale du parc était très belle et bien entretenue.

The main pathway of the park was very beautiful and well maintained.

Cette allée étroite menait à une petite maison cachée.

This narrow pathway led to a small hidden house.

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Why is it feminine?

Allées is feminine because it derives from the Latin feminine past participle "alata" (from "alare," meaning "to wing" or "to go"), which evolved through Old French "alee" to the modern form. The feminine gender was preserved through this etymological line. The word originally referred to a winged or moving concept but evolved semantically to mean a physical walkway or tree-lined path.

What is the French word for paths?

The French word for paths is les allées — feminine.

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