🇫🇷 French

diables

masculine

les diables

devils

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diables
/le djabl/
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How do you say diables in French?

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/le djabl/

How do you pronounce diables in French?

diables is pronounced /le djabl/ in French.

Example sentences

Le diable rouge a tenté de séduire le saint homme avec des promesses dorées.

The red devil tried to seduce the holy man with golden promises.

Ce diable malveillant est représenté comme un créature ancien et puissant dans les légendes.

This malevolent devil is depicted as an ancient and powerful creature in legends.

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Why is it masculine?

Diables is masculine because it derives from Latin "diabolus," which was masculine in gender, and French retained this grammatical gender from its Latin ancestor. The Latin term itself came from Greek "diábolos" (διάβολος), meaning "slanderer" or "adversary," and was applied to Satan in Christian Latin texts.

What is the French word for devils?

The French word for devils is les diables — masculine.

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