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les fontaines
fountains
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How do you say fontaines in French?
How do you pronounce fontaines in French?
fontaines is pronounced /le 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?
Fontaines 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 fountains?
The French word for fountains is les fontaines — feminine.
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