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masculine
les bains
baths
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bains
/le bɛ̃/
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How do you say bains in French?
IPA
/le bɛ̃/
How do you pronounce bains in French?
bains is pronounced /le 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?
Bains (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 baths?
The French word for baths is les bains — masculine.
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