🇫🇷 French

bœufs

masculine

les bœufs

beefs

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bœufs
/le bø/
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How do you say bœufs in French?

IPA
/le bø/

How do you pronounce bœufs in French?

bœufs is pronounced /le bø/ in French.

Example sentences

Le bœuf roux a gagné le concours agricole.

The red ox won the agricultural competition.

Ce bœuf magnifique appartient à mon grand-père depuis dix ans.

This magnificent ox has belonged to my grandfather for ten years.

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Why is it masculine?

Bœufs is masculine because it derives from Latin "bos" (ox/cattle), which was a masculine noun in Latin, and French retained this grammatical gender through regular phonetic evolution. The word's gender was inherited directly from its Latin ancestor rather than following any particular French rule.

What is the French word for beefs?

The French word for beefs is les bœufs — masculine.

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