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les betteraves
beets
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How do you say betteraves in French?
How do you pronounce betteraves in French?
betteraves is pronounced /le betʁav/ in French.
Example sentences
La betterave rouge est très sucrée et délicieuse dans cette salade.
The red beet is very sweet and delicious in this salad.
Cette betterave cultivée biologiquement était la plus belle du marché fermier.
This organically grown beet was the most beautiful one at the farmers market.
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Why is it feminine?
Betteraves is feminine because it derives from Old French "beterave," which came from Latin "beta" (the beet plant itself). In Latin, "beta" is feminine, and this feminine gender was preserved as the word evolved through Old French into Modern French "betterave." The feminine gender persists in French following the natural inheritance of gender from Latin etyma.
What is the French word for beets?
The French word for beets is les betteraves — feminine.
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