🇫🇷 French

cérémonies

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feminine

les cérémonies

ceremonies

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cérémonies
/le seʁemɔni/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say cérémonies in French?

IPA
/le seʁemɔni/

How do you pronounce cérémonies in French?

cérémonies is pronounced /le seʁemɔni/ in French.

Example sentences

La cérémonie religieuse était très solennelle et émouvante.

The religious ceremony was very solemn and moving.

Cette ancienne cérémonie traditionnelle a été magnifiquement organisée.

This ancient traditional ceremony was magnificently organized.

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Why is it feminine?

Cérémonies is feminine because it derives from Latin "caerimonia," which was feminine in gender, and French retained this grammatical gender through its evolution from Vulgar Latin. The Latin root itself likely comes from Etruscan origins, though the exact etymology is uncertain, but the feminine gender was simply inherited during the language's development from Latin.

What is the French word for ceremonies?

The French word for ceremonies is les cérémonies — feminine.

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