🇫🇷 French

fêtes

feminine

les fêtes

parties

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fêtes
/le fɛt/
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How do you say fêtes in French?

IPA
/le fɛt/

How do you pronounce fêtes in French?

fêtes is pronounced /le fɛt/ in French.

Example sentences

La fête était très grande et magnifique.

The celebration was very big and magnificent.

Cette fête annuelle est organisée par des bénévoles dévouées.

This annual celebration is organized by devoted volunteers.

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Why is it feminine?

Fêtes is feminine because it derives from the Latin "festa" (feminine singular of "festum"), and French retained the feminine gender of its Latin source word. The word originally referred to religious festivals and feast days in Roman culture, with the feminine form becoming standard in Old French and persisting into modern French.

What is the French word for parties?

The French word for parties is les fêtes — feminine.

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