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le bleu
blue
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How do you say bleu in French?
How do you pronounce bleu in French?
bleu is pronounced /lə blø/ in French.
Example sentences
Le bleu est ma couleur préférée parce qu'il me rappelle l'océan.
Blue is my favorite color because it reminds me of the ocean.
Ce bleu profond et mystérieux me fascine vraiment.
This deep and mysterious blue fascinates me truly.
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Why is it masculine?
Bleu is masculine. While it does derive from Old French and Frankish *blao* (related to Old High German *blao*), the gender is better explained by the fact that Old French color adjectives derived from Germanic sources typically retained masculine gender in their nominative singular form, which became the standard form in Modern French. The specific ending in -eu (from the Old French -au/-eau) does not inherently determine gender, but the masculine form became conventionalized as the base form for this adjective.
What is the French word for blue?
The French word for blue is le bleu — masculine.
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