🇫🇷 French

exemples

Did you know? This word is a cognate — it looks similar in English and has the same meaning. Cognates are usually easier to remember!
masculine

les exemples

examples

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exemples
/lez ɛɡzɑ̃pl/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say exemples in French?

IPA
/lez ɛɡzɑ̃pl/

How do you pronounce exemples in French?

exemples is pronounced /lez ɛɡzɑ̃pl/ in French.

Example sentences

Le premier exemple que le professeur a donné était très clair et utile pour comprendre la grammaire.

The first example that the teacher gave was very clear and useful for understanding grammar.

Cet exemple particulier montre pourquoi l'accord des adjectifs est important en français.

This particular example shows why adjective agreement is important in French.

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Why is it masculine?

Exemples is masculine because it derives from the Latin "exemplum," which was a neuter noun. When borrowed into Old French, the neuter ending "-um" was dropped, leaving "exempl-", and the word was reanalyzed as masculine. The masculine gender was reinforced by the addition of the masculine article "le" and the word's phonetic resemblance to other masculine nouns ending in "-e" like "livre" (book).

What is the French word for examples?

The French word for examples is les exemples — masculine.

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