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masculine
les corps
bodies
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corps
/le kɔʁ/
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How do you say corps in French?
IPA
/le kɔʁ/
How do you pronounce corps in French?
corps is pronounced /le kɔʁ/ in French.
Example sentences
Le corps humain est complexe et fascinant.
The human body is complex and fascinating.
Son corps était grand et musclé après l'entraînement intensif.
His body was big and muscular after intensive training.
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Why is it masculine?
Corps is masculine in French because it derives from the Latin "corpus" (neuter, but treated as masculine in Old French), which retained masculine gender through Romance language evolution rather than following the typical neuter-to-feminine shift that affected many Latin neuter nouns in French.
What is the French word for bodies?
The French word for bodies is les corps — masculine.
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