🇫🇷 French

feux rouges

masculine

les feux rouges

traffic lights

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feux rouges
/le fø ʁuʒ/
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How do you say feux rouges in French?

IPA
/le fø ʁuʒ/

How do you pronounce feux rouges in French?

feux rouges is pronounced /le fø ʁuʒ/ in French.

Example sentences

Le feu rouge était très long ce matin, et j'ai dû attendre presque deux minutes.

The red traffic light was very long this morning, and I had to wait almost two minutes.

Le feu rouge suivant s'est allumé juste après que j'ai traversé l'intersection.

The next red traffic light turned on just after I crossed the intersection.

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Why is it masculine?

Feux rouges (fire) is masculine because it derives from Latin "focus" (hearth/fire), which was a masculine noun, and French retained this gender when the word evolved; "rouge" (red) is an adjective that agrees with the masculine noun it modifies.

What is the French word for traffic lights?

The French word for traffic lights is les feux rouges — masculine.

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