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Droits is masculine in French. The article is les, so the full form is les droits ("rights").
MASCULINEdroits is the plural of droit
les droits — rights
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How do you say droits in French?
How do you pronounce droits in French?
droits is pronounced /le dʁwa/ in French.
Example sentences
Le droit français est très complexe et ancien.
French law is very complex and old. (masculine adjectives: complexe, ancien)
Ce droit constitutionnel est fondamental pour notre démocratie.
This constitutional right is fundamental for our democracy. (masculine adjectives: constitutionnel, fondamental)
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Why is it masculine?
Droits is masculine because it descends from the Latin "directum" (neuter noun meaning "that which is straight"), which was reanalyzed as masculine in Old French, likely due to phonetic erosion of Latin case endings that made gender assignment ambiguous and speakers reclassified it by analogy with other masculine nouns ending in consonants.
What is the French word for rights?
The French word for rights is les droits — masculine.
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