🇫🇷 French

ambassades

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feminine

les ambassades

embassies

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ambassades
/le ɑ̃basad/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say ambassades in French?

IPA
/le ɑ̃basad/

How do you pronounce ambassades in French?

ambassades is pronounced /le ɑ̃basad/ in French.

Example sentences

L'ambassade française est très grande et impressionnante.

The French embassy is very large and impressive.

Cette ambassade nouvelle a ouvert ses portes l'année dernière.

This new embassy opened its doors last year.

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Why is it feminine?

Ambassades is feminine in French because it derives from the Italian "ambasciata," which came from the Vulgar Latin "ambasciata" (itself possibly from a Germanic root meaning "servant" or "messenger"), and this word form naturally took on feminine gender in French, likely influenced by the -ade suffix which often marks feminine nouns. The gender became fixed through historical usage rather than following a predictable grammatical rule.

What is the French word for embassies?

The French word for embassies is les ambassades — feminine.

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