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le chemin
path
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How do you say chemin in French?
How do you pronounce chemin in French?
chemin is pronounced /lə ʃəmɛ̃/ in French.
Example sentences
Le chemin étroit traversait la forêt dense.
The narrow path crossed through the dense forest.
Ce long chemin était difficile à parcourir à pied.
This long path was difficult to travel on foot.
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Why is it masculine?
Chemin is masculine because it derives from the Latin "caminus," which was a masculine noun. French inherited this grammatical gender through the regular evolution of Vulgar Latin. However, the semantic shift from "furnace/forge" to "path/road" is not clearly documented, and the word may derive instead from or be influenced by the Latin "caminus" meaning "passage" or "way." The masculine gender persisted through regular inheritance from Latin.
What is the French word for path?
The French word for path is le chemin — masculine.
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