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l' espèce
species
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How do you say espèce in French?
How do you pronounce espèce in French?
espèce is pronounced /lɛspɛs/ in French.
Example sentences
Cette espèce rare de papillon a été découverte récemment en Amazonie.
This rare species of butterfly was recently discovered in the Amazon.
L'espèce menacée d'extinction nécessite une protection immédiate de nos gouvernements.
The endangered species requires immediate protection from our governments.
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Why is it feminine?
Espèce is feminine because it derives from the Latin "species" (feminine noun), which originally meant "appearance" or "form" and later came to mean "kind" or "type"—a semantic shift that preserved the feminine gender through Old French into modern French.
What is the French word for species?
The French word for species is l' espèce — feminine.
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