🇫🇷 French

défaites

feminine

les défaites

defeats

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défaites
/le defɛt/
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How do you say défaites in French?

IPA
/le defɛt/

How do you pronounce défaites in French?

défaites is pronounced /le defɛt/ in French.

Example sentences

La défaite électorale a été si totale que le candidat a dû démissionner immédiatement.

The electoral defeat was so total that the candidate had to resign immediately.

Cette défaite humiliante restera gravée dans la mémoire collective du pays.

This humiliating defeat will remain etched in the collective memory of the country.

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Why is it feminine?

Défaites is feminine because it evolved from the Old French feminine past participle "défaite" (from "défaire," meaning "to undo"). In French, nouns derived from past participles that functioned as adjectives or nominalizations typically retained the gender of their adjectival forms. The -e ending is characteristic of French feminine nouns and was preserved through the language's evolution from Latin.

What is the French word for defeats?

The French word for defeats is les défaites — feminine.

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