Accordchiens
les chiens
dogs
Try it
How do you say chiens in French?
How do you pronounce chiens in French?
chiens is pronounced /le ʃjɛ̃/ in French.
Example sentences
Le chien noir a mangé son repas.
The black dog ate his meal.
Mon chien est très intelligent et obéissant.
My dog is very intelligent and obedient.
Swipe chiens in Accord
Swipe through hundreds of words and master grammatical gender in French.
Why is it masculine?
Chiens is masculine because it descends from Latin "canis," which was grammatically masculine in the Latin noun declension system, and French inherited this gender classification when Latin evolved into Romance languages. The gender assignment largely reflects arbitrary historical patterns in Latin rather than any logical rule based on the word's meaning.
What is the French word for dogs?
The French word for dogs is les chiens — masculine.
Practice with Accord
Swipe through hundreds of words and master grammatical gender in French.