🇫🇷 French

bureaux

masculine

les bureaux

offices

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bureaux
/le byʁo/
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How do you say bureaux in French?

IPA
/le byʁo/

How do you pronounce bureaux in French?

bureaux is pronounced /le byʁo/ in French.

Example sentences

Le bureau blanc est très grand et organisé.

The white desk is very large and organized.

Mon nouveau bureau se trouve au troisième étage de l'immeuble.

My new office is located on the third floor of the building.

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Why is it masculine?

Bureaux is masculine because it derives from the Old French word for a coarse woolen fabric (from Latin "burra"), and the desk or office table made from this material inherited the masculine gender of the fabric itself. The gender persisted even as the word's meaning evolved to refer to desks and offices rather than the cloth.

What is the French word for offices?

The French word for offices is les bureaux — masculine.

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