🇫🇷 French

fleuve

masculine

le fleuve

river

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fleuve
/lə flœv/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say fleuve in French?

IPA
/lə flœv/

How do you pronounce fleuve in French?

fleuve is pronounced /lə flœv/ in French.

Example sentences

Le fleuve Amazon est le plus grand fleuve du monde.

The Amazon river is the largest river in the world.

Ce fleuve majestueux traverse plusieurs pays avant de se jeter dans l'océan.

This majestic river crosses several countries before flowing into the ocean.

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Why is it masculine?

Fleuve is masculine because it derives from the Latin "fluvius" (river), which was a masculine noun following the standard Latin second declension pattern for -ius words. This grammatical gender was preserved when the word evolved into Old French and modern French.

What is the French word for river?

The French word for river is le fleuve — masculine.

Gender across languages

LanguageWordArticleGender
🇪🇸 Spanishríoelmasculine
🇮🇹 Italianfiumeilmasculine
🇵🇹 Portugueserioomasculine

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