🇫🇷 French

erreurs

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feminine

les erreurs

errors

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erreurs
/lez eʁœʁ/
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How do you say erreurs in French?

IPA
/lez eʁœʁ/

How do you pronounce erreurs in French?

erreurs is pronounced /lez eʁœʁ/ in French.

Example sentences

L'erreur grave qu'elle a commise a coûté très cher à l'entreprise.

The serious mistake that she made cost the company dearly. (The feminine adjective 'grave' and feminine article 'l'' agree with 'erreur', showing it must be feminine)

Cette erreur est la plus dangereuse de toutes les erreurs précédentes.

This mistake is the most dangerous of all the previous mistakes. (The feminine adjectives 'dangereuse' and 'précédentes' must agree with the feminine noun 'erreur')

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Why is it feminine?

Erreurs is feminine because it derives from the Latin noun "error" (nominative form), which came from the verb "errare" (to wander/to err). In Old French, the Latin accusative form "errorem" evolved into "erreur". French nouns derived from Latin accusative forms ending in "-orem" typically became feminine nouns ending in "-eur", and this pattern explains why "erreur" is feminine in modern French.

What is the French word for errors?

The French word for errors is les erreurs — feminine.

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