🇫🇷 French

cris

masculine

les cris

shouts

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cris
/le kʁi/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say cris in French?

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/le kʁi/

How do you pronounce cris in French?

cris is pronounced /le kʁi/ in French.

Example sentences

Le cri perçant du nouveau-né a réveillé toute la maison.

The piercing cry of the newborn woke up the entire house.

Ce long cri désespéré résonnait dans la vallée sombre.

That long desperate cry echoed through the dark valley.

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Why is it masculine?

Cris (shout/cry) is masculine. It derives from Latin "quiritare" (to cry out), which produced the Old French noun "cri." The masculine gender likely stems from sound-symbolic or phonetic patterns in Old French, as words ending in consonants (particularly those derived from Latin infinitives) often became masculine nouns. While many abstract nouns in French are feminine, "cri" is a notable exception.

What is the French word for shouts?

The French word for shouts is les cris — masculine.

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