🇫🇷 French

concombres

Did you know? This word is a cognate — it looks similar in English and has the same meaning. Cognates are usually easier to remember!
masculine

les concombres

cucumbers

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concombres
/le kɔ̃kɔ̃bʁ/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say concombres in French?

IPA
/le kɔ̃kɔ̃bʁ/

How do you pronounce concombres in French?

concombres is pronounced /le kɔ̃kɔ̃bʁ/ in French.

Example sentences

Le concombre frais que j'ai acheté ce matin est délicieux.

The fresh cucumber that I bought this morning is delicious.

Ce concombre vert est parfait pour ma salade, contrairement à celui-ci qui est trop mou.

This green cucumber is perfect for my salad, unlike that one which is too soft.

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Why is it masculine?

Concombres is masculine because it derives from Latin "cucumis," which was a masculine noun, and French retained this grammatical gender through its Romance language evolution. The word entered French via Old French "concombre," maintaining the masculine gender of its Latin predecessor.

What is the French word for cucumbers?

The French word for cucumbers is les concombres — masculine.

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