🇫🇷 French

bagues

feminine

les bagues

rings

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bagues
/le baɡ/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say bagues in French?

IPA
/le baɡ/

How do you pronounce bagues in French?

bagues is pronounced /le baɡ/ in French.

Example sentences

La bague dorée que j'ai reçue pour mon anniversaire est très précieuse.

The golden ring that I received for my birthday is very precious.

Cette bague ancienne était la plus belle de sa collection personnelle.

This antique ring was the most beautiful one in her personal collection.

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Why is it feminine?

Bagues (ring) is feminine because it derives from the Latin "bacca" (berry), which was a feminine noun in Latin. French retained this grammatical gender through normal phonetic evolution. The semantic shift from "berry" to "ring" likely occurred due to the ring-like or circular shape of berries.

What is the French word for rings?

The French word for rings is les bagues — feminine.

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