🇫🇷 French

cultures

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

les cultures

cultures

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cultures
/le kyltyʁ/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say cultures in French?

IPA
/le kyltyʁ/

How do you pronounce cultures in French?

cultures is pronounced /le kyltyʁ/ in French.

Example sentences

La culture française est très ancienne et influente dans le monde.

French culture is very old and influential in the world.

Cette culture locale est fascinante et mérite d'être préservée.

This local culture is fascinating and deserves to be preserved.

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Why is it feminine?

Cultures is feminine in French because it derives from the Latin *cultura*, which was feminine in gender; Latin nouns ending in *-ura* were typically assigned to the feminine gender, a pattern that French inherited and maintains in words like *nature*, *posture*, and *peinture*.

What is the French word for cultures?

The French word for cultures is les cultures — feminine.

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