🇫🇷 French

espérances

feminine

les espérances

hopes

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espérances
/lez ɛspeʁɑ̃s/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say espérances in French?

IPA
/lez ɛspeʁɑ̃s/

How do you pronounce espérances in French?

espérances is pronounced /lez ɛspeʁɑ̃s/ in French.

Example sentences

L'espérance de vie augmente chaque année dans notre pays.

Life expectancy increases every year in our country.

Cette espérance était tellement fragile et précieuse qu'elle a disparu rapidement.

This hope was so fragile and precious that it disappeared quickly.

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Why is it feminine?

Espérances is feminine because it ends in "-ance", a suffix that typically produces feminine nouns in French. It derives from Latin "sperantia" (feminine), which came from the verb "sperare" (to hope). French abstract nouns with the "-ance"/"-ence" endings inherited feminine gender from their Latin counterparts, making this a regular pattern.

What is the French word for hopes?

The French word for hopes is les espérances — feminine.

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