🇫🇷 French

carrefours

masculine

les carrefours

crossroads

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carrefours
/le kaʁfuʁ/
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How do you say carrefours in French?

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/le kaʁfuʁ/

How do you pronounce carrefours in French?

carrefours is pronounced /le kaʁfuʁ/ in French.

Example sentences

Le carrefour principal est très dangereux à cause du trafic intense.

The main crossroads is very dangerous because of heavy traffic.

Ce carrefour historique a été complètement rénové l'année dernière.

This historic crossroads was completely renovated last year.

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Why is it masculine?

Carrefours is masculine because it derives from the Latin "quadrifurcus" (meaning "four-forked"), which became "carrefour" in Old French. The word's masculine gender reflects its Latin masculine origin. However, the modern French masculine gender is primarily associated with the "-our" ending rather than inherited directly from Latin; nouns ending in "-our" are typically masculine in modern French.

What is the French word for crossroads?

The French word for crossroads is les carrefours — masculine.

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