🇫🇷 French

existences

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

les existences

existences

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existences
/le ɛɡzistɑ̃s/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say existences in French?

IPA
/le ɛɡzistɑ̃s/

How do you pronounce existences in French?

existences is pronounced /le ɛɡzistɑ̃s/ in French.

Example sentences

L'existence humaine est courte et précieuse.

Human existence is short and precious.

Cette existence solitaire était devenue insupportable pour elle.

This solitary existence had become unbearable for her.

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Why is it feminine?

Existences is feminine in French because it derives from the Latin *existentia*, which inherited the feminine gender from the Latin first declension noun *-entia* suffix, a productive feminine ending for abstract nouns. This Latin suffix pattern was preserved when the word entered Old French and modern French.

What is the French word for existences?

The French word for existences is les existences — feminine.

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