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How do you say face in French?
How do you pronounce face in French?
face is pronounced /la fas/ in French.
Example sentences
La face cachée de la lune est fascinante.
The hidden side of the moon is fascinating.
Elle a une belle face, avec des traits délicats.
She has a beautiful face, with delicate features.
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Why is it feminine?
Face (meaning face) is feminine in French because it derives from Latin "facies," which was feminine in gender, and French retained this grammatical gender through regular sound changes and inflectional patterns from Latin to Romance languages. The Latin "facies" originally meant "appearance" or "form" before narrowing to "face," and its feminine gender persisted as an arbitrary grammatical feature with no semantic explanation.
What is the French word for face?
The French word for face is la face — feminine.
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