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les désirs
desires
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How do you say désirs in French?
How do you pronounce désirs in French?
désirs is pronounced /le deziʁ/ in French.
Example sentences
Le désir intense de voyager l'a poussé à quitter son emploi.
The intense desire to travel pushed him to leave his job.
Son désir profond était sincère, mais il ne l'a jamais exprimé.
His deep desire was sincere, but he never expressed it.
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Why is it masculine?
Désirs is masculine because it derives from Latin "desiderium," which was a neuter noun. When Old French adopted it, the Latin neuter ending "-ium" was reanalyzed and the word developed the masculine ending "-ir", causing it to shift to masculine gender. This reflects a common pattern in Romance languages where Latin neuter nouns were redistributed to masculine or feminine genders.
What is the French word for desires?
The French word for desires is les désirs — masculine.
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