🇫🇷 French

députés

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masculine

les députés

deputies

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députés
/le depyte/
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How do you say députés in French?

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/le depyte/

How do you pronounce députés in French?

députés is pronounced /le depyte/ in French.

Example sentences

Le député conservateur a présenté son projet de loi au parlement.

The conservative male representative presented his bill to parliament.

Ce jeune député était très enthousiaste lors de son premier discours.

This young male representative was very enthusiastic during his first speech.

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Why is it masculine?

Députés is masculine because it derives from the Latin "deputatus" (past participle of "deputare," meaning to assign or appoint). In French, words ending in "-é" that come from Latin past participles typically retain the gender of their Latin origins. The masculine gender persisted in French even though the role is now held by people of any gender, making it a historical artifact of the word's Latin masculine form.

What is the French word for deputies?

The French word for deputies is les députés — masculine.

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