🇫🇷 French

bibliothèques

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feminine

les bibliothèques

libraries

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bibliothèques
/le biblijɔtɛk/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say bibliothèques in French?

IPA
/le biblijɔtɛk/

How do you pronounce bibliothèques in French?

bibliothèques is pronounced /le biblijɔtɛk/ in French.

Example sentences

La bibliothèque municipale est très grande et bien organisée.

The municipal library is very large and well organized.

Cette ancienne bibliothèque possède des livres rares et précieux.

This old library has rare and precious books.

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Why is it feminine?

Bibliothèques is feminine because it derives from the Greek "bibliothēkē" (βιβλιοθήκη), where the "-thēkē" suffix meaning "repository" or "storage place" was feminine in Greek, and French inherited this grammatical gender when adopting the word during the Renaissance.

What is the French word for libraries?

The French word for libraries is les bibliothèques — feminine.

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