🇫🇷 French

élections

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feminine

les élections

elections

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élections
/lez elɛksjɔ̃/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say élections in French?

IPA
/lez elɛksjɔ̃/

How do you pronounce élections in French?

élections is pronounced /lez elɛksjɔ̃/ in French.

Example sentences

L'élection présidentielle française était très importante et passionnante.

The French presidential election was very important and exciting.

L'élection municipale locale a été reportée à cause de la mauvaise météo.

The local municipal election was postponed because of bad weather.

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Why is it feminine?

Élections is feminine because it derives from the Latin *electio* (nominative), which belonged to the third declension feminine noun category; French retained this feminine gender from its Latin ancestor, as happened with many -tion words that came from Latin feminine nouns ending in -*io*.

What is the French word for elections?

The French word for elections is les élections — feminine.

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