éléphants
les éléphants
elephants
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How do you say éléphants in French?
How do you pronounce éléphants in French?
éléphants is pronounced /lez elefɑ̃/ in French.
Example sentences
L'éléphant africain est très grand et puissant.
The African elephant is very large and powerful.
L'éléphant que j'ai vu au zoo était magnifique et intelligent.
The elephant that I saw at the zoo was magnificent and intelligent.
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Why is it masculine?
Éléphants is masculine because it derives from Latin "elephantus," which inherited the masculine gender from Greek "ἐλέφας" (elephas), a word that naturally took masculine grammatical gender in those ancient languages and maintained it through Old French into modern French.
What is the French word for elephants?
The French word for elephants is les éléphants — masculine.
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