🇫🇷 French

fonds

masculine

les fonds

bottoms

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fonds
/le fɔ̃/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say fonds in French?

IPA
/le fɔ̃/

How do you pronounce fonds in French?

fonds is pronounced /le fɔ̃/ in French.

Example sentences

Le fond bleu de la piscine était très profond.

The blue bottom of the pool was very deep.

Le fond ancien du vase contenait une inscription secrète.

The ancient bottom of the vase contained a secret inscription.

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Why is it masculine?

Fonds is masculine in French because it derives from the Latin "fundus" (masculine), meaning "bottom" or "foundation," and French retained the grammatical gender of its Latin source words. This is a regular pattern rather than an exception—most French nouns inherited their gender directly from Latin.

What is the French word for bottoms?

The French word for bottoms is les fonds — masculine.

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