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les coutumes
customs
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How do you say coutumes in French?
How do you pronounce coutumes in French?
coutumes is pronounced /le kutym/ in French.
Example sentences
La coutume ancienne de notre village exige que les jeunes mariés se présentent à l'église le dimanche.
The ancient custom of our village requires that newlyweds present themselves at the church on Sunday.
Cette coutume locale est très importante pour notre communauté, et nous la respectons scrupuleusement.
This local custom is very important to our community, and we respect it scrupulously.
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Why is it feminine?
Coutumes is feminine because it derives from Latin "consuetudo" (feminine), which itself comes from "consuescere" (to accustom oneself); Latin third-declension nouns ending in "-tudo" were consistently feminine, and this grammatical gender was preserved when the word evolved into Old French and Modern French.
What is the French word for customs?
The French word for customs is les coutumes — feminine.
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