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masculine
le bain
bath
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bain
/lə bɛ̃/
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How do you say bain in French?
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/lə bɛ̃/
How do you pronounce bain in French?
bain is pronounced /lə bɛ̃/ in French.
Example sentences
Le bain chaud m'a relaxé après une longue journée.
The warm bath relaxed me after a long day.
Mon premier bain était mémorable quand j'étais petit enfant.
My first bath was memorable when I was a small child.
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Why is it masculine?
Bain (bath) is masculine because it derives from Latin "balneum," which was grammatically neuter in Latin but became masculine when adopted into Old French, following the typical pattern where Latin neuter nouns shifted to masculine in Romance languages.
What is the French word for bath?
The French word for bath is le bain — masculine.
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