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la fontaine
fountain
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How do you say fontaine in French?
How do you pronounce fontaine in French?
fontaine is pronounced /la fɔ̃tɛn/ in French.
Example sentences
La fontaine publique est très ancienne et magnifique.
The public fountain is very old and magnificent.
Cette fontaine historique a été restaurée par des experts qualifiés.
This historic fountain was restored by qualified experts.
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Why is it feminine?
Fontaine is feminine because it derives from Latin "fontana," the feminine form of "fontan-," which treated water sources as feminine—a pattern common across Romance languages where natural features like springs and fountains inherited feminine gender from their Latin roots.
What is the French word for fountain?
The French word for fountain is la fontaine — feminine.
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