🇫🇷 French

couleurs

feminine

les couleurs

colors

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couleurs
/le kulœʁ/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say couleurs in French?

IPA
/le kulœʁ/

How do you pronounce couleurs in French?

couleurs is pronounced /le kulœʁ/ in French.

Example sentences

La couleur bleue est ma préférée.

The blue color is my favorite (fem.).

Cette couleur nouvelle est très belle et éclatante.

This new color is very beautiful and vibrant (all fem.).

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Why is it feminine?

Couleurs is feminine. While it derives from Latin "color" (masculine), French transformed it into "couleur" with a feminine gender. The -eur ending in French can be feminine (unlike in many other contexts), and this word is a standard example of French feminine nouns. The gender assignment likely occurred during Old French development, though the exact mechanism isn't fully documented.

What is the French word for colors?

The French word for colors is les couleurs — feminine.

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