🇫🇷 French

étudiants

masculine

les étudiants

students

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étudiants
/lez etydjɑ̃/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say étudiants in French?

IPA
/lez etydjɑ̃/

How do you pronounce étudiants in French?

étudiants is pronounced /lez etydjɑ̃/ in French.

Example sentences

L'étudiant français est très intelligent et motivé dans ses études.

The French student is very intelligent and motivated in his studies.

L'étudiant allemand a été accepté à l'université parce qu'il était excellent.

The German student was accepted to the university because he was excellent.

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Why is it masculine?

Étudiants is masculine because it derives from the Latin "studens" (studying/zealous). French nouns ending in "-ant" are typically masculine. However, the gender is not inherited from Latin grammatical gender in the way described; rather, French nouns ending in "-ant" are conventionally masculine in Modern French, following a productive pattern in the language.

What is the French word for students?

The French word for students is les étudiants — masculine.

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